![]() Location of Qulleq | |
Geography | |
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Location | North Atlantic Ocean Southeastern Greenland |
Coordinates | 61°33′N42°16′W / 61.550°N 42.267°W |
Highest elevation | 451 m (1480 ft) |
Administration | |
Greenland | |
Municipality | Sermersooq |
Demographics | |
Population | 0 |
Qulleq, Qutdleq or Kutdlek [1] is an uninhabited island in the King Frederick VI Coast, Sermersooq municipality in southern Greenland.
Qulleq is an irregularly-shaped island that lies off the southeastern coast of Greenland. It is located 5.5 km from the shore off the mouth of the Anorituup Kangerlua fjord, to the north-northeast of Cape Tordenskjold, northeast of Nuuk Point. [2]
Qulleq is the largest and southernmost island of a small offshore archipelago of four main islands, including Qipinnguak close by to the west, Takisoq to the northwest and Qeqertarsuaq to the north. [3] The island's length is 6 kilometres (4 miles) and its maximum width 2.8 kilometres (2 miles). [4]
Qutsigsormiut is an important Paleo-Eskimo archaeological site on Qulleq's southern coast. [5] It is located by a south-facing bay known as Qulleq Sound that forms a sheltered natural harbour. [6]
A LORAN transmitting station was built on the southeastern point of the island and lies now abandoned.