Qeqertarsuatsiaq Island

Qeqertarsuatsiaq

Aerial view of Qeqertarsuatsiaq Island
Qeqertarsuatsiaq
Geography
Location Baffin Bay
Coordinates 70°25′00″N 54°53′00″W / 70.41667°N 54.88333°W / 70.41667; -54.88333Coordinates: 70°25′00″N 54°53′00″W / 70.41667°N 54.88333°W / 70.41667; -54.88333
Area 126 km2 (49 sq mi)
Administration
Greenland
Municipality Qaasuitsup

Qeqertarsuatsiaq Island (old spelling: Qeqertarssuatsiaq, Danish: Hareøen) is an isolated and uninhabited[1] island in the Qaasuitsup 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
  2. 1 2 Nuussuaq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992


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