Sarfaq is a former settlement in the

Upernavik Archipelago Upernavik Archipelago is a vast coastal archipelago in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland, off the shores of northeastern Baffin Bay. The archipelago extends from the northwestern coast of Sigguup Nunaa peninsula in the south at ...

region of northwestern

Greenland Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland is t ...

. It was located on

Qallunaat Island Qallunaat Island (old spelling: ''Qavdlunât'') is an uninhabited island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. History Qallunaat Island was briefly inhabited between 1898, when the Sarfaq settlement was founded, and 1919, when ...

, an island in

Tasiusaq Bay Tasiusaq Bay (old spelling: ''Tasiussaq'') is a bay in the Upernavik Archipelago in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. It is an indentation of northeastern Baffin Bay. The name of the bay derives from the name of the settlem ...

, 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 (old spelling: ''Kangerdlugssuaq'', da, Giesecke Isfjord) is a fjord in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. Geography The long fjord flows to the northwest between the mainland of Greenland in the northeas ...

.''Upernavik'', Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992 The settlement was abandoned in 1919.

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Former populated places in Greenland Tasiusaq Bay Upernavik Archipelago {{greenland-geo-stub