Qulleq, Qutdleq or Kutdlek is an uninhabited island in the
King Frederick VI Coast
King Frederick VI Coast ( da, Kong Frederik VI Kyst) is a major geographic division of Greenland. It comprises the coastal area of Southeastern Greenland in Sermersooq and Kujalleq municipalities fronting the Irminger Sea of the North Atlantic O ...
,
Sermersooq
Sermersooq (, da, sted med meget is, lit=place of much ice) is a municipality in Greenland, formed on 1 January 2009 from five earlier, smaller municipalities. Its administrative seat is the city of Nuuk (formerly called Godthåb), the capital ...
municipality in southern
Greenland
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.
Geography
Qulleq is an irregularly-shaped island that lies off the southeastern coast of Greenland. It is located 5.5 km from the shore off the mouth of the
Anorituup Kangerlua
Anorituup Kangerlua, also known as Anoritoq or Anortek Fjord, is a fjord in King Frederick VI Coast, southern Greenland.
Geography
This fjord marks the border between the Sermersooq municipality to the north and the Kujalleq municipality to th ...
fjord, to the
north-northeast
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of
Cape Tordenskjold
A cape is a clothing accessory or a sleeveless outer garment which drapes the wearer's back, arms, and chest, and connects at the neck.
History
Capes were common in medieval Europe, especially when combined with a hood in the chaperon. Th ...
, northeast of
Nuuk Point
Nuuk (; da, Nuuk, formerly ) is the capital and largest city of Greenland, a constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark. Nuuk is the seat of government and the country's largest cultural and economic centre. The major cities from other cou ...
.
Qulleq is the largest and southernmost island of a small offshore archipelago of four main islands, including
Qipinnguak close by to the west,
Takisoq to the northwest and
Qeqertarsuaq
Qeqertarsuaq () is a port and town in Qeqertalik municipality, located on the south coast of Disko Island on the west coast of Greenland. Founded in 1773, the town is now home to a campus of the University of Copenhagen known as Arctic Station. ...
to the north. The island's length is and its maximum width .
History
Qutsigsormiut is an important
Paleo-Eskimo
The Paleo-Eskimo (also pre-Thule or pre-Inuit) were the peoples who inhabited the Arctic region from Chukotka (e.g., Chertov Ovrag) in present-day Russia across North America to Greenland prior to the arrival of the modern Inuit (Eskimo) and rela ...
archaeological site on Qulleq's southern coast. It is located by a south-facing bay known as Qulleq Sound that forms a sheltered
natural harbour
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.
A
LORAN transmitting station was built on the southeastern point of the island and lies now abandoned.
See also
*
List of islands of Greenland
The following is an alphabetical list of the islands of Greenland. Many of these islands have both a Kalaallisut language name and a European language name.
Islands and archipelagoes
* Aaluik
* Aasiaat Archipelago
*Achton Friis Islands
* Agg ...
References
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External links
Distribution Map of Archaeological, Historic, Cultural and Ancient Sites sites in GreenlandNew insights on the north-eastern part of the Ketilidian orogen in South-East Greenland
Uninhabited islands of Greenland
Kujalleq