Qeqertarsuatsiaq Island

Qeqertarsuatsiaq
Aerial view of Qeqertarsuatsiaq Island
Qeqertarsuatsiaq is located in Greenland
Qeqertarsuatsiaq
Qeqertarsuatsiaq
Geography
LocationBaffin Bay
Coordinates70°25′00″N 54°53′00″W / 70.41667°N 54.88333°W / 70.41667; -54.88333
Area109.3 km2 (42.2 sq mi)
Administration
Greenland
MunicipalityAvannaata

Qeqertarsuatsiaq Island (old spelling: Qeqertarssuatsiaq, Danish: Hareøen) is an isolated and uninhabited[1] island in the Avannaata municipality, in Baffin Bay off the western shore of Greenland.[2]

Geography

Qeqertarsuatsiaaq Island is separated from the much larger Disko Island (Greenlandic: Qeqertarsuaq) in the southeast by the Maligaat sound, and from Nuussuaq Peninsula in the northeast by the Sullorsuaq Strait.[2]

References

  1. ^ Norwegian University of Science and Technology Archived 2011-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b Nuussuaq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992


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