Simiutaq Island is a uninhabited island in the
Qeqqata municipality in western
Greenland, located in the mouth of the long
Kangerlussuaq Fjord.
[''Maniitsoq'', Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992] It was also known informally as Cruncher Island.
Supply ships of
Royal Arctic Line and cruise ships, such as
Norway's
Hurtigruten sail into Kangerlussuaq Fjord south of the island. The fjord is navigable in its entire length, with the ships mooring at the
Kangerlussuaq port, west of
Kangerlussuaq Airport.
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in the mouth of the fjord, at the southern end of Simiutaq Island.
Geography
The island is located on the shores of Davis Strait, separated from the mainland by the Amerluunguaq Strait in the north, and by the main arm of the Kangerlussuaq Fjord in the southeast.Simiutaq
Simiutaq Island is a uninhabited island in the Qeqqata municipality in western Greenland, located in the mouth of the long Kangerlussuaq Fjord.''Maniitsoq'', Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992 It was also known informally as Cruncher Island.
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(near Qaqortoq) in southwest Greenland.
Simiutaq is not an outlying island; it would have been a continuation of the landmass in the north were it not for the narrow and shallow Amerlunnguaq Strait, which branches to the west off Kangerlussuaq Fjord near the mouth of the latter. Simiutaq is roughly triangular in shape, mostly hilly, with low undulating plain in the north, and the highest point at .
Promontories
Settlement
The closest settlement is Kangaamiut, located on a small island on the shores of Davis Strait, approximately south of the island.
History
The "Cruncher Island" light and radio beacon, commonly referred to as Bluie West Nine (BW-9) during the time of American operation in Greenland during World War II, was a wartime radio communications facility located at on Simiutak Island.
See also
* Bluie
*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
{{Abandoned sites in Greenland
Davis Strait
Uninhabited islands of Greenland
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