Aerial view of Qeqertarsuatsiaq Island | |
Qeqertarsuatsiaq | |
Geography | |
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Location | Baffin Bay |
Coordinates | 70°25′00″N 54°53′00″W / 70.41667°N 54.88333°W / 70.41667; -54.88333 |
Area | 109.3 km (42.2 sq mi) |
Administration | |
Greenland | |
Municipality | Avannaata |
Qeqertarsuatsiaq Island (old spelling: Qeqertarssuatsiaq, Danish: Hareøen) is an isolated and uninhabited island in the Avannaata municipality, in Baffin Bay off the western shore of Greenland.
Geography
Qeqertarsuatsiaaq Island is separated from the much larger Disko Island (Greenlandic: Qeqertarsuaq) in the southeast by the Maligaat sound, and from Nuussuaq Peninsula in the northeast by the Sullorsuaq Strait.
References
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology Archived 2011-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Nuussuaq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992
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