Ikermiut Island is a small, uninhabited
island in
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
Greenland, located in the center of
Inussulik Bay in the northern part of
Upernavik Archipelago, approximately halfway between
Kiatassuaq Island in the north and
Nuussuaq Peninsula in the south.
[''Upernavik Avannarleq'', Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992]
History
Ikermiut Island was permanently inhabited between 1916 and 1954, when a small
settlement of the same name existed on the island. The settlement was abandoned in 1954, during the post-
war consolidation phase in northwestern Greenland.
References
{{Upernavik Archipelago
Uninhabited islands of Greenland
Inussulik Bay
Islands of the Upernavik Archipelago