Qullissat
Ghost town · Kingdom of Denmark
- Abandoned
- 1972
- Founded
- 1924
- Population
- 1,400
- Coordinates
- 70.084, -53.001
Why it was abandoned
⚒️ Mines & quarries
Detected automatically from the text: На пике добычи угля в посёлке проживало около 1500 человек.
History
Qullissat is a former settlement in the Qeqertalik municipality, located on the northeast coast of Disko Island on the west coast of Greenland. It was a coal mining town founded to exploit the natural resources of Disko Island. The mines operated for 48 years until 1972, when the economic base of the settlement collapsed, leading to its abandonment.