Qeqertarsuatsiaq Island

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Qeqertarsuatsiaq
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Qeqertarsuatsiaq
Geography
Location Baffin Bay
Coordinates 70°25′00″N54°53′00″W / 70.41667°N 54.88333°W / 70.41667; -54.88333
Area109.3 km2 (42.2 sq mi)
Administration
Greenland
Municipality Avannaata

Qeqertarsuatsiaq Island (old spelling: Qeqertarssuatsiaq, Danish : Hareøen) is an isolated and uninhabited [1] island in the Avannaata municipality, in Baffin Bay off the western shore of Greenland. [2]

Geography

Qeqertarsuatsiaaq Island is separated from the much larger Disko Island (Greenlandic : Qeqertarsuaq) in the southeast by the Maligaat sound, and from Nuussuaq Peninsula in the northeast by the Sullorsuaq Strait. [2]

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References

  1. Norwegian University of Science and Technology Archived 2011-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1 2 Nuussuaq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992