| Itissaalik Island | |
| Map: | Greenland |
| Archipelago: | Upernavik Archipelago |
| Location: | Greenland |
| Coordinates: | 74.0806°N -56.7167°W |
| Country: | Greenland |
| Country Admin Divisions Title: | Municipality |
| Country Admin Divisions: | Avannaata |
Itissaalik Island (old spelling: Itivsâlik) is a small, uninhabited island located in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland.
Itissaalik Island was inhabited, although not continuously. Between 1904 and 1909, a small settlement of the same name (also spelled Itussaalik) was established on the island. It was repopulated again in 1911, and finally abandoned in 1957, during the post-war consolidation phase in northwestern Greenland.[1]
Itissaalik Island is located in the northern part of Upernavik Archipelago, in the northern part of Sugar Loaf Bay, an indentation of Baffin Bay.[2] The island is part of a chain of small islands off the southern coast of Nuussuaq Peninsula. Other islands in the chain include Sugar Loaf Island, Timilersua Island, and Saarlia to the southwest of Itissaalik − and Paornarqortuut and Inussulikassak to the northeast.[2] The closest settlement is Nuussuaq, approximately 10km (10miles) to the west-north-west of the island.