Akornat Strait

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Akornat Strait
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Aerial view of Akornat Strait

Akornat Strait (Danish : Sortenhul) is a strait in the Upernavik Archipelago in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. It separates Qaarsorsuaq Island in the northwest from Nutaarmiut Island in the southeast. [1] The strait waterway opens into Baffin Bay in the southwest, and into the inner waterways of the archipelago in the northeast.

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References

  1. Upernavik, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992

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