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Qaqortuatsiaq
Qaqortuatsiaq
is a former
settlement
on the
northern
shore
of
Appat Island
in the
Qaasuitsup
municipality
in
northwestern
Greenland
. Its
ruins
lay
against the
Torsukattak Strait
of
Uummannaq Fjord
.
Qaqortuatsiaq was a
marble quarry
and, though presently
abandoned
, seems
likely
to be
revived
in
the future
.