Anarusuk Island Explained

Anarusuk
Map:Greenland
Archipelago:Upernavik Archipelago
Location:Greenland
Coordinates:73.4667°N -93°W
Length Km:16.4
Width Km:14.2
Area Km2:75
Country:Greenland
Country Admin Divisions Title:Municipality
Country Admin Divisions:Avannaata

Anarusuk Island is an uninhabited island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland.

Geography

Anarusuk Island is located in Tasiusaq Bay, in the north-central part of Upernavik Archipelago, on the shores of the inner reaches of Kangerlussuaq Icefjord, which in the northeast separates it from Giesecke Glacier on the mainland of Greenland.[1]

The island is separated from Nuuluk Island in the northwest by a small Ikerasaarsuk channel, from Aappilattoq Island in the west by a small channel of the same name, and by the inner waterways of Tasiusaq Bay from Aukarnersuaq Island in the southeast and Qaqaarissorsuaq Island in the south.[1]

Coastline

The coastline of the island is developed, with many inlets indenting the coastline in the west.[1]

Promontories

Name Direction Latitude N Longitude W
Northern Cape 73°31′30″ 55°49′30″
Southern Cape 73°22′40″ 55°34′50″
Northwestern Cape 73°30′17″ 55°53′45″

Notes and References

  1. Upernavik, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992