Kuuk
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Kuuk is a former settlement in the Qaasuitsup
municipality in northwestern Greenland
. It was located in the north-central part of Upernavik Archipelago
, on the southern cape of Mernoq Island
, an island in Tasiusaq Bay
. The settlement was abandoned in 1972.
Qaasuitsup
Qaasuitsup is a new municipality in Greenland, operational from 1 January 2009. As of January 2010 its population is 17,749. The administrative center of the municipality is in Ilulissat...
municipality in northwestern Greenland
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...
. It was located in the north-central part of Upernavik Archipelago
Upernavik Archipelago
Upernavik Archipelago is a vast archipelago of small islands in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland, on the coast of northeastern Baffin Bay...
, on the southern cape of Mernoq Island
Mernoq Island
Mernoq Island is an uninhabited island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.- History :With brief intervals of no permanent settlement, Mernoq Island was inhabited between 1891, when the Kuuk settlement was founded, and 1972, when it was abandoned...
, an island in Tasiusaq Bay
Tasiusaq Bay
Tasiusaq Bay is a bay in the Upernavik Archipelago in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. It is an indentiation of northeastern Baffin Bay...
. The settlement was abandoned in 1972.