Annoatok

For the mansion in Pennsylvania, see Anoatok.

Annoatok

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Location within Greenland

Annoatok or Anoritooq, located at 78°31′28.2″N 72°24′10.8″W,^[1] was a small hunting station in Greenland on Smith Sound about 24 km (15 mi) north of Etah. It is now abandoned.

History

Annoatok was used as a base by Frederick Cook during his Arctic expedition of 1908–09, when he claimed to have reached the North Pole.^[2] The name Annoatok means "the wind-loved place".^[3] According to a publication in 1997 it was the most northerly inhabited place on Earth at that time.^[4] However, excavations carried out by Eric Holtved in Inuarfissuaq at 78.9° N in central Inglefield Land proved human settlement even farther north. Excavations during the years 2004 to 2005 gave evidence of an ancient settlement about 30 km farther north in Qaqaitsut at 79.2° N in Eastern Inglefield Land.^[5]

References

1. The first conqueror of the North Pole: Cook, Peary, or neither? by Jacques L Theodor
2. Henderson, B. (2005) True North W W Norton ISBN 0-393-32738-8
3. Bryce (1997), p.306
4. Bryce, R.M. (1997) Cook & Peary: the Polar Controversy Resolved ISBN 0-8117-0317-7, p.303
5. Darwent, John et al.: Archaeological Survey of Eastern Inglefield Land, Northwestern Greenland, in: ARCTIC ANTHROPOLOGY, Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 51–86, 2007, p. 52

78°31′28.2″N 72°24′10.8″W