Kangerluarsoruseq
Sign in to saveKangerluarsoruseq, also known by its Danish name Færingehavn, is a former settlement in the Sermersooq municipality in southwestern Greenland. The village is situated about 50 km south of Nuuk.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kangerluarsoruseq
- Settlement.official_name
- Færingehavn
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Greenland
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within Greenland
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Constituent country
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- 22px Sermersooq
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1927
- Settlement.extinct_title
- Abandoned
- Settlement.extinct_date
- 2009
- Settlement.timezone
- UTC-03
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Kangerluarsoruseq, also known by its Danish name Færingehavn, is a former settlement in the Sermersooq municipality in southwestern Greenland. The village is situated about 50 km south of Nuuk.
== History == Kangerluarsoruseq was founded in 1927 by Faroese fishermen as Føroyingahavnin. Use of the site as a fishing port ended during the 1990s. The village was abandoned in late 2009.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kangerluarsoruseq” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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