Sarfaq
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Sarfaq is a former settlement in the Upernavik Archipelago
region of northwestern Greenland
. It was located on Qallunaat Island
, an island in Tasiusaq Bay
, in the north-central part of the archipelago. The village was perched near the eastern cape of the island, on the shores of Kangerlussuaq Icefjord
. The settlement was abandoned in 1919.
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...
region of 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 on Qallunaat Island
Qallunaat Island
Qallunaat Island is an uninhabited island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.- History :Qallunaat Island was briefly inhabited between 1898, when the Sarfaq settlement was founded, and 1919, 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...
, in the north-central part of the archipelago. The village was perched near the eastern cape of the island, on the shores of Kangerlussuaq Icefjord
Kangerlussuaq Icefjord
Kangerlussuaq Icefjord is a fjord in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.- Geography :...
. The settlement was abandoned in 1919.