Qeqertarsuatsiaq Island Explained

Qeqertarsuatsiaq
Map:Greenland
Location:Baffin Bay
Coordinates:70.4167°N -54.8833°W
Area Km2:109.3
Country:Greenland
Country Admin Divisions Title:Municipality
Country Admin Divisions: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 (Kalaallisut; Greenlandic: Qeqertarsuaq) in the southeast by the Maligaat sound, and from Nuussuaq Peninsula in the northeast by the Sullorsuaq Strait.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ntnu.no/ub/formidl/utgivelser/til_opplysning/to_nr15.php Norwegian University of Science and Technology
  2. Nuussuaq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992