Ritenbenck

Ritenbenck, Ritenbenk or Ritenbench (Greenlandic: Appat) is a former settlement on Appat Island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland.

The island is located in the Uummannaq Fjord.

Ritenbenck was founded in 1755 by the General Trade Company.

[1] The name was an anagram of the GTC's then-chairman Christian August Berckentin (1694–1758).

[2] This Greenland location article is a stub.