Sarfaq | |
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Location within Greenland | |
Coordinates: 73°38′50″N 56°12′10″W / 73.64722°N 56.20278°WCoordinates: 73°38′50″N 56°12′10″W / 73.64722°N 56.20278°W | |
State | Kingdom of Denmark |
Constituent country | Greenland |
Municipality | Qaasuitsup |
Founded | 1898 |
Abandoned | 1919 |
Time zone | UTC-03 |
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.