Kapisillit

Kapisillit is a settlement in southwestern Greenland, near the capital, Nuuk.

Kapisillit lies about a hundred kilometers north-east of Nuuk at the end of Kapisillit Kangerluaq, a tributary of the Nuuk Fjord ( Nuup Kangerlua, Danish: Godthåbs Fjord ). East at the other end of a narrow isthmus lies the Kangersuneq ice fjord, west of the former reindeer - breeding center Itinnera.

The Greenlandic name, " Kapisillit " means " salmon " and is derived from a few kilometers eastern brook, which is sought as the only Greenland salmon to spawn.

There are several Norse ruins in the area. The most important are located approximately 20 km south on Ameralla Fjord in today uninhabited Kilaersarfik. From the Old Norse " Sandnäs " place indicated are still remains of the church to receive.

Near this place lies the Austmannadalen ( German: " Ostmanntal " ), named after Fridtjof Nansen, who in 1888 completed his crossing of the Greenland ice sheet here. In Austmannadalen he camped to build a boat out of his equipment, which he then rowed to Nuuk.

A mythological and archaeological important place in the area of Kapsillit is the mountain Pisissarfik.

Until the formation of the Commune Sermersooq (1 January 2009 ), is one of the settlement today, Kapisillit was part of the municipality of Nuuk.