Akunnaat (older spelling: Akúnât) is a former community in southern Greenland on the island of Akonemiok or Qeqertarsuatsiaat,Del, Anden. "Grønland som del af den bibelske fortælling – en 1700-tals studie " ["Greenland as Part of the Biblical Narrative – a Study of the 18th-Century"]. Also given as Kikertarsocitsiak in Brewster, David. "Greenland". The Edinburgh Encyclopedia, Vol 10. J. & E. Parker, 1832. from the trading post of Fisher's Inlet (, the modern settlement of Qeqertarsuatsiaat).
The settlement was founded as the Moravian mission of Lichtenfels (variously translated from the German as "Light Rock", "Light of the Rock",Brightwell, Cecilia Lucy. Romance of modern missions. The Religious Tract Society, 1870. or "Rock of Light"Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The Gospel in All Lands. A.D.F. Randolph, 1885.) by Matthias Stach, the brothers Jens and Peter Haven, and four Inuit families in 1748,Lüdecke, Cornelia. "East Meets West: Meteorological observations of the Moravians in Greenland and Labrador since the 18th century ". History of Meteorology 2, 2005. 1754,Cranz, David & al. The History of Greenland: including an account of the mission carried on by the United Brethren in that country. Longman, 1820. 1757,American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. "Biography: Life of Matthew Stach". The Missionary Herald, #19. Samuel T. Armstrong, 1823. or 1758."Mission in Greenland". The Christian Library: Comprising a Series of Standard Works in Religious Literature. Key & Biddle, 1833. Following the first conversions in 1760 or 1761, the population of the settlement rose to around 300. The mission was surrendered to the Lutheran Church of Denmark in 1900.Wittman, P. "Greenland". The Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Co. (New York), 1909. Accessed 28 Apr 2012.
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