Qeqertarsuaq Island (Karrat Fjord)

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Qeqertarsuaq (meaning "Large Island") is an island in Qaasuitsup municipality, located in the Karrat Fjord in northwestern Greenland. Nearby islands are Illorsuit Island and Upernivik Island.

Qaasuitsup former municipality of Greenland

Qaasuitsup was a municipality in Greenland, operational from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2017. As of January 2013 its population was 17,498. The administrative centre of the municipality was in Ilulissat. The municipality consisted of the former municipalities of western and northern Greenland, each named after the biggest settlement:

Karrat Fjord

Karrat Fjord is a fjord in the Qaasuitsup municipality in western Greenland.

Greenland Autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark

Greenland is an autonomous constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for more than a millennium. The majority of its residents are Inuit, whose ancestors began migrating from the Canadian mainland in the 13th century, gradually settling across the island.

The island has a settlement called Nuugaatsiaq.

The island has a 1,765-metre-high (5,791 ft) mountain called Snehætten (meaning Snow hat in Danish), an Ultra prominent peak.

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