Ikerasak Strait is a

strait A strait is an oceanic landform connecting two seas or two other large areas of water. The surface water generally flows at the same elevation on both sides and through the strait in either direction. Most commonly, it is a narrow ocean channe ...

in the

Avannaata Avannaata (, da, Det Nordlige, lit=The Northern) is a municipality of Greenland created on 1 January 2018 from the bulk of the former Qaasuitsup municipality. It encompasses an area of 522,700 km2 and has 10,726 inhabitants. Geography In ...

municipality in northwestern

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Geography

The strait is located in central

Tasiusaq Bay Tasiusaq Bay (old spelling: ''Tasiussaq'') is a bay in the Upernavik Archipelago in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. It is an indentation of northeastern Baffin Bay. The name of the bay derives from the name of the settlem ...

. It separates

Uigorlersuaq Island Uigorlersuaq Island (old spelling: ''Uigordlerssuaq'') is an uninhabited island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. Geography Uigorlersuaq Island is located in the outer belt of islands in Tasiusaq Bay, in the central part of U ...

in the north from

Paagussat Island Paagussat Island (old spelling: ''Pâgússat'') is an uninhabited island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. Geography Paagussat Island is located in the outer belt of islands in Tasiusaq Bay, in the central part of Upernavik A ...

in the south, and from

Tasiusaq Island Tasiusaq Island (old spelling: ''Tasiussaq'') is an island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland, home to the Tasiusaq settlement. Geography Tasiusaq Island is located in the outer belt of islands in Tasiusaq Bay, in the central ...

in the east.''Upernavik'', Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992

References

{{coord, 73, 23, N, 56, 11, W, scale:500000, display=title Tasiusaq Bay Straits of the Upernavik Archipelago