Saattoq | |
Pushpin Map: | Greenland |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Greenland |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Sovereign state |
Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous country |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Avannaata |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1881[1] |
Extinct Title: | Abandoned |
Extinct Date: | 1957 |
Timezone: | UTC-03 |
Coordinates: | 73.5219°N -56.1306°W |
Saattoq (old spelling: Sâtoq) is a former settlement in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. It was located in the north-central part of Upernavik Archipelago, in Tasiusaq Bay, straddling Saattorsuaq Island, and the nearby Saattoq skerry.[2]
Saattoq was populated in 1881. It was a very small village of fewer than 10 people at any time. It was abandoned in 1957, during the post-war consolidation phase in northwestern Greenland,[1] with the surviving population moving to nearby Nutaarmiut.