Paornivik | |
Map: | Greenland |
Archipelago: | Upernavik Archipelago |
Location: | Greenland |
Coordinates: | 73.7833°N -60°W |
Country: | Greenland |
Country Admin Divisions Title: | Municipality |
Country Admin Divisions: | Avannaata |
Paornivik Island is an uninhabited island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland.
The horseshoe-shaped Paornivik Island is located in Tasiusaq Bay, in the north-central part of Upernavik Archipelago. It is sandwiched between Qullikorsuit Island in the north − from which it is separated by the narrow Paorniviup Tunua strait − and Mernoq Island in the southwest. To the east, inner waterways of Tasiusaq Bay separate it from an unnamed nunatak on the mainland of Greenland.[1]