Annoatok or Anoritooq, located at 78°31′28.2″N 72°24′10.8″W / 78.524500°N 72.403000°W / 78.524500; -72.403000,[1] was a small hunting station in Greenland on Smith Sound about 24 km (15 mi) north of Etah.
Annoatok was used as a base by Frederick Cook during his Arctic expedition of 1908–09, when he claimed to have reached the North Pole.
[3] According to a publication in 1997, it was the most northerly inhabited place on Earth at that time.
[4] However, excavations carried out by Eric Holtved in Inuarfissuaq at 78.9° N in central Inglefield Land proved human settlement further north.
Excavations during the years 2004 to 2005 gave evidence of an ancient settlement about 30 km further north in Qaqaitsut at 79.2° N in Eastern Inglefield Land.