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Ammassalik Island ( da, Ammassalik Ø) is an island in the Sermersooq municipality in southeastern Greenland, with an area of .Norwegian University of Science and Technology
The only permanently inhabited settlement on the island is Tasiilaq town on the south coast of the island, with 1,893 inhabitants ,'Greenland in Figures 2009'
Statistics Greenland the most populous community on the eastern coast, and the seventh-largest town in Greenland. The research station Sermilik is located 15 km northwest of Tasiilaq on the west coast. Ammassalik Municipality was a former municipality of Greenland. It is now part of
Map of Ammassalik Island
Islands of Greenland
Geography
Ammassalik Island is located in the King Christian IX Land region. Separating Ammassalik Island from the mainland of Greenland are the wideSermilik Fjord
Sermilik ( da, Egede og Rothes Fjord) is a fjord in eastern Greenland. It is part of the Sermersooq municipality.
The settlement of Tasiilaq is located about 15 km to the east of the mouth of the fjord.
Geography
This fjord, whose Gre ...
in the west and the Ikaasartivaq Strait in the northeast. To the east and southeast, the progressively wider southern half of the Ammassalik Fjord separates the island from the remainder of the eponymous Ammassalik Archipelago. Islands in the archipelago include Kulusuk Island, across the Torsuut Tunoq sound, and Apusiaajik Island, the largest. Ammassalik Island's southern coast borders the Irminger Sea, a marginal sea of the open North Atlantic
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the "Old World" of Africa, Europe and ...
.''Tasiilaq'', Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992
The town of Tasiilaq is located on the island's southeastern side. The highest point of the island is a glaciated peak in the northern part, at .
Settlements
The only permanently inhabited settlement on the island is Tasiilaq town on the south coast of the island, with 1,893 inhabitants ,Statistics Greenland the most populous community on the eastern coast, and the seventh-largest town in Greenland. The research station Sermilik is located 15 km northwest of Tasiilaq on the west coast. Ammassalik Municipality was a former municipality of Greenland. It is now part of
Sermersooq Municipality
Sermersooq (, da, sted med meget is, lit=place of much ice) is a municipality in Greenland, formed on 1 January 2009 from five earlier, smaller municipalities. Its administrative seat is the city of Nuuk (formerly called Godthåb), the capital ...
.
See also
*List of islands of Greenland
The following is an alphabetical list of the islands of Greenland. Many of these islands have both a Kalaallisut language name and a European language name.
Islands and archipelagoes
* Aaluik
* Aasiaat Archipelago
* Achton Friis Islands
* A ...
References
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Map of Ammassalik Island
Islands of Greenland