Sutherland Island | |
Native Name: | Tigssarfik |
Native Name Link: | Greenlandic language |
Map: | Greenland |
Location: | Baffin Bay, Greenland |
Coordinates: | 78.15°N -72.9°W |
Elevation M: | 90 |
Length Km: | 1.5 |
Width Km: | 0.45 |
Country: | Greenland |
Country Admin Divisions Title: | Municipality |
Country Admin Divisions: | Avannaata |
Population: | uninhabited |
Sutherland Island (Danish: Sutherland Ø; Kalaallisut; Greenlandic: Tigssarfik) is an island in Baffin Bay, in Avannaata municipality, off the NW shores of Greenland.
Sutherland Island is located at the southern end of Smith Sound, 5km (03miles) southeast of Cape Alexander, off the terminus of the Storm Glacier.[1] It is a 1.5km (00.9miles) long rocky sandstone island. Its highest point is 90m (300feet) high. It is surrounded by ice most of the year.[2]