Qulleq, Qutdleq or Kutdlek is an uninhabited island in the
King Frederick VI Coast
King Frederick VI Coast () 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 Ocean. It is bordered by King ...
,
Sermersooq
Sermersooq () is a municipality in Greenland, formed on 1 January 2009 from five previous, smaller municipalities. Its administrative seat is the city of Nuuk (formerly called Godthåb), the capital of Greenland, and it is the most populous ...
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 fjord, to the
north-northeast
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of
Cape Tordenskjold, northeast of
Nuuk Point
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.
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 (, historically known as Godhavn) 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 Cop ...
to the north. The island's length is and its maximum width .
History
Qutsigsormiut is an important
Paleo-Eskimo
The Paleo-Eskimo meaning ''"old Eskimos"'', also known as, pre-Thule people, Thule or pre-Inuit, were the peoples who inhabited the Arctic region from Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Chukotka (e.g., Chertov Ovrag) in present-day Russia across North Am ...
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 Indo-European languages, European language name.
Islands and archipelagoes
*Aaluik
*Aasiaat
*Achton Friis Is ...
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