Ikeq Island

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Ikeq Island
Native name:
Ikeq Ø
Ikeq Island
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Ikeq Island
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Ikeq Island
Ikeq Island (Greenland)
Geography
Location Labrador Sea
Southern Greenland
Coordinates 59°56′N44°12′W / 59.94°N 44.20°W / 59.94; -44.20
Archipelago Nunap Isua Archipelago
Adjacent to North Atlantic Ocean
Area198.9 km2 (76.8 sq mi)
Area rank 34th largest in Greenland
Length60 km (37 mi)
Coastline89.4 km (55.55 mi)
Highest elevation1,388 m (4554 ft)
Highest pointToornaarsuk
Administration
Municipality Kujalleq
Demographics
Population0 (2023)
Pop. density0/km2 (0/sq mi)
Ethnic groupsnone

Ikeq is an island of the Kujalleq municipality, southern Greenland.

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Geography

The island has an area of 194 km ² and a shoreline of 89.4 kilometres. [1] Its coast is deeply indented and its eastern part (Qunnerit) is almost separated from the main island by a narrow inlet stretching from north to south. [2]

Along with Itilleq, Sammisoq, Nunarsuaq (Nunarssuak), Pamialluk, Annikitsoq, Walkendorff and Qernertoq (Kasit), it is part of the Cape Farewell Archipelago (Nunap Isua). [3] [4]

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References

  1. "UNEP". Archived from the original on 2016-04-19. Retrieved 2010-07-13.
  2. Qunnerit
  3. Prostar 2005, p. 5.
  4. United States. Hydrographic Office 1947, p. 67.