Ikerasak Strait

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Ikerasak Strait (Upernavik Archipelago)

Ikerasak Strait is a strait in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland.

Geography

The strait is located in central Tasiusaq Bay. It separates Uigorlersuaq Island in the north from Paagussat Island in the south, and from Tasiusaq Island in the east. [1]

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References

  1. Upernavik, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992

Coordinates: 73°23′N56°11′W / 73.383°N 56.183°W / 73.383; -56.183