Inussullissuaq Island

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Inussullissuaq
Geography
Location Greenland
Coordinates 74°24′50″N57°0′0″W / 74.41389°N 57.00000°W / 74.41389; -57.00000
Archipelago Upernavik Archipelago
Length1.9 km (1.18 mi)
Width6.3 km (3.91 mi)
Administration
Greenland
Municipality Avannaata

Inussulissuaq Island (old spelling: Inugsuligssuaq) is a small uninhabited island in the Melville Bay region of the Upernavik Archipelago in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. The name of the island means "a large cairn" in the Greenlandic language.

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Geography

Inussulissuaq Island is located in the northern part of Inussulik Bay, approximately 6 km (3.7 mi) south of Kiatassuaq Island, and 8.5 km (5.3 mi) west of the mainland Sanningassorsuaq Peninsula. [1] There is a small freshwater lake on the southern coast. The highest point on the island is an unnamed summit at 560 m (1,840 ft). [1]

Promontories

DirectionLatitude NLongitude W
Northern Cape74°25′54″57°01′18″
Eastern Cape74°24′41″56°53′50″
Southern Cape74°24′05″57°00′00″
Western Cape74°25′10″57°05′50″
Inussullissuaq-western-cape.jpg
Inussullissuaq-eastern-cape.jpg
Left: western cape. Right: eastern cape

History

Inussullissuaq Island has never been permanently inhabited due to its small size. In 1930 it briefly served as a polar station for Knud Rasmussen, [2] the Greenlandic polar explorer and anthropologist. The station was named Bjørne Borg (or Bjørneborg, a bear castle). Its ruins can still be found on the island. [2]

Settlement

Kullorsuaq is the closest settlement to the island, located on an island of the same name to the north of Kiatassuaq Island, 19.6 km (12.2 mi) away. In the south, the Nuussuaq village on the southern coast of Nuussuaq Peninsula is located 33.4 km (20.8 mi). The island is accessible only by boat, and thus the distances to reach it are longer due to the need to navigate around the Kiatassuaq Island and Nuussuaq Peninsula, respectively.

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References

  1. 1 2 Upernavik Avannarleq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992
  2. 1 2 "History Upernavik District". Kayak-North. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2010.
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