Ikerasakassak Strait

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Ikerasakassak Strait is a strait of Greenland. [1] It is located in the Upernavik Archipelago.

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References

  1. Hansen, Keld (2008). Nuussuarmiut: Hunting Families on the Big Headland : Demography, Subsistence and Material Culture in Nuussuaq, Upernavik, Northwest Greenland. Museum Tusculanum Press. p. 34. ISBN   978-87-635-1084-4.