Qullissat | |
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 A house in 2008, 36 years after the settlement was abandoned.
The house was damaged by the 2000 tsunami. | |
  Qullissat Location within Greenland | |
| Coordinates: 70°05′04″N 53°00′35″W / 70.08444°N 53.00972°W | |
| State |  Kingdom of Denmark |
| Constituent country |  Greenland |
| Municipality | Qeqertalik |
| Founded | 1924 |
| Abandoned | 1972 |
| Time zone | UTC-03 |
Qullissat (old spelling: Qutdligssat)[1] is a former settlement in the Qeqertalik municipality, located on the northeast coast of Disko Island on the west coast of Greenland. It was a coal mining town founded to exploit the natural resources of Disko Island. The mines operated for 48 years until 1972, when the economic base of the settlement collapsed, leading to its abandonment.
- ^ Nuussuaq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992