Pituffik
Abandoned village · Kingdom of Denmark
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- 625
- Coordinates
- 76.533, -68.750
Why it was abandoned
📉 Economic decline
Detected automatically from the text: The Inughuit inhabitants were relocated to the present-day town of Qaanaaq.
History
Pituffik is a former Inughuit settlement in North Star Bay, near Mount Dundas at the eastern end of Bylot Sound in northern Greenland. It was located on the plain that is now occupied by the runway of the U.S. Pituffik Space Base, formerly Thule Air Base. The Inughuit inhabitants were relocated to the present-day town of Qaanaaq. The relocation and the fallout from the 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash in the vicinity are a contentious issue in Greenland's relations with Denmark and the United States.