Itissaalik

For an island of the same name, see Itissaalik Island.

Itissaalik (old spelling: Itivsâlik, also Itussaalik) is a former settlement in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. It was located in the northern part of Upernavik Archipelago, on the southern shore of Itissaalik Island, an island in Sugar Loaf Bay.^[2]

Itissaalik
Itissaalik Location within Greenland
Coordinates: 74°03′17″N 56°44′35″W
Sovereign state	Kingdom of Denmark
Autonomous country	Greenland
Municipality	Avannaata
Founded	1904[1]
Abandoned	1957[1]
Time zone	UTC-03

History

Itissaalik was established in 1904, and temporarily depopulated five years later. It was repopulated again in 1911, and finally abandoned in 1957, during the post-war consolidation phase in northwestern Greenland,^[1] with the population moving to nearby Nuussuaq, and further to Kullorsuaq in Melville Bay.