Qoornuup Qeqertarsua Island Explained

Qoornup Qeqertarsua
Local Name:	Bjørneøen
Map:	Greenland
Location:	Nuup Kangerlua
Coordinates:	64.45°N -68°W
Country:	Greenland
Country Admin Divisions Title:	Municipality
Country Admin Divisions:	Sermersooq

Qoornup Qeqertarsua Island (Danish: Bjørneøen) is an uninhabited island in the Sermersooq municipality in southwestern Greenland.

Geography

Qoornup Qeqertarsua is one of three mountainous islands located in the middle run^[1] of the 160km (100miles)^[2] Nuup Kangerlua fjord, to the north of Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. It has a 1256m (4,121feet) mountain.^[3] The two sibling islands are Qeqertarsuaq Island and Sermitsiaq Island.^[1]

See also

• List of islands of Greenland

Notes and References

1. Book: O'Carroll, Etain. Greenland and the Arctic. Lonely Planet. 154. 2005. 1-74059-095-3.
2. Web site: TIL OPPLYSNING . Norwegian University of Science and Technology . 15 July 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110615162130/http://www.ntnu.no/ub/formidl/utgivelser/til_opplysning/to_nr15.php . 15 June 2011 .
3. Web site: Topomapper - Topographic maps world-wide . 2013-12-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131115154117/http://www.topomapper.com/# . 2013-11-15 . dead .