The place had been named Eskimonæsset by the 1929-30 Expedition to East Greenland led by Lauge Koch, after the abandoned Inuit settlement of four houses, of which two were excavated at the time.
O lugar chamouse Eskimonæsset pola Expedición 1929-30 a Groenlandia Oriental dirixida por Lauge Koch, no sitio do asentamento abandonado de catro casas dos Inuit, dos cales dúas excaváronse nese momento.