Nunatakassak (old spelling: Nunatakavsak) is a nunatak (Greenlandic : nunataq) in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. It is one of several nunataks in the Melville Bay region of Greenland, where the Greenland ice sheet (Greenlandic : Sermersuaq) drains into the bay alongside its entire length apart from an occasional nunatak. [1] [2]
Nunatakassak is located on the mainland of Greenland in the northernmost part of Upernavik Archipelago. To the south, Greenland icesheet drains into Melville Bay via Nunatakassaup Sermia glacier separating it from Wandel Land, another nunatak. [1] To the northwest lies the Nunatarsuaq nunatak, possibly isolated as a new island, with OpenStreetMap maps, and the satellite photographs of Google Maps showing the nunatak as already isolated, with fast sea-ice in place of the retreated icesheet. [3]
Tasiusaq is an island settlement in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. It had 252 inhabitants in 2020. In Kalaallisut, the name means "looks like a lake".
Naajaat is a settlement in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. Former spellings include Naujât, Naujat, and Naajat. Located on a small island of the same name, the settlement has 49 inhabitants as of 2020.
Kangersuatsiaq, formerly Prøven, is an island settlement in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. It had 130 inhabitants in 2020.
Aappilattoq is a settlement in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland, located on an island of the same name in the southern part of Upernavik Archipelago. Founded in 1805, the settlement had 149 inhabitants in 2020.
Upernavik Archipelago is a vast coastal archipelago in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland, off the shores of northeastern Baffin Bay. The archipelago extends from the northwestern coast of Sigguup Nunaa peninsula in the south at approximately 71°50′N56°00′W to the southern end of Melville Bay in the north at approximately 74°50′N57°30′W.
Nuussuaq Peninsula is a mainland peninsula in northwestern Greenland, located at the northern end of Upernavik Archipelago, approximately 70 km (43 mi) to the south of Melville Bay. It is much smaller than its namesake in western Greenland.
Inussulik Bay is a bay in the Upernavik Archipelago in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland.
Sanningassorsuaq Peninsula is a mainland peninsula in northwestern Greenland, located at the northern end of Upernavik Archipelago.
Ikerasaa Strait is a strait in the Upernavik Archipelago in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. The strait separates Kiatassuaq Island in the north from the mainland Sanningassorsuaq Peninsula in the south. The name of the strait is the local dialect version of ikerasak, a generic word for 'strait' in the Greenlandic language.
Wandel Land is a 15.7 km (52,000 ft) nunatak in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. It is one of several nunataks in the Melville Bay region of Greenland, where the Greenland ice sheet drains into the bay alongside its entire length apart from an occasional nunatak.
Nunatarsuaq is a nunatak in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland.
Nuussuup Kangia is a fjord in northwestern Greenland, located at the northern end of Upernavik Archipelago.
Anoritooq is a nunatak in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland.
Orsugissap Qaqqarsua is a nunatak of the Greenland ice sheet in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland.
Tasiusaq Bay is a bay in the Upernavik Archipelago in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. It is an indentation of northeastern Baffin Bay. The name of the bay derives from the name of the settlement of the same name in the bay.
Tuttulikassak is a nunatak in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland.
Hayes Glacier is a tidewater glacier in the Avannaata municipality, located on the northwestern shore of Greenland.
Nunatarsuaq is a nunatak in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland.
Nunatakassaup Sermia is a tidewater glacier in Avannaata municipality on the northwestern shore of Greenland. It drains the Greenland ice sheet southwestwards into Tasiusaq Bay. The glacier front is located to the southeast of the Nunatarsuaq nunatak, and to the north of the Qassersuaq Peninsula. Alanngorsuup Sermia, a sibling glacier to the south, drains the icesheet into the same point at the inner end of Tasiusaq Bay.
Kjer Glacier is a tidewater glacier in the northwestern shore of Greenland. Administratively it belongs to Avannaata municipality.
