Arsuk

Arsuk lies near the mouth of a fjord on Greenland's southwestern coast, north of Cape Desolation. The mountain Kuunnaat rises above the shore, while the fjord leads inland between steep heights. Saqqaq people lived in this region long before Norse settlers arrived; later Thule Inuit also made their homes here. The settlement of Arsuk was established in 1805, and a timber Lutheran church followed in 1830, adding a new chapter to the long history of the fjord.