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Egger Island ( da, Eggers Ø; kl, Itilleq, old spelling: ''Itivdleq'') is
Greenland Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland is t ...
's southernmost island. It is located in the
Kujalleq Kujalleq ( Greenlandic: , da, Den Syden, lit=The South) is a municipality on the southern tip of Greenland, operational from 1 January 2009. The administrative center of the municipality is in Qaqortoq (formerly called Julianehåb). Creation ...
municipality and is uninhabited.


Geography

Egger Island is an important landmark for a small islet off Cape Farewell, its southern headland, is the southernmost point of Greenland. It is part of the
Cape Farewell Archipelago Cape Farewell Archipelago (also Nunap Isua Archipelago) is an island group located at the southern end of Greenland in Kujalleq municipality. The archipelago takes its name from Cape Farewell, a headland of Egger Island (also known as Itilleq). G ...
(Nunap Isua). The island has a deeply indented coastline and is separated from the neighbouring islands of the archipelago by narrow sounds.
Qunnerit Ikeq is an island of the Kujalleq municipality, southern Greenland. Geography The island has an area of 198.9 km ² and a shoreline of 89.4 kilometres. Its coast is deeply indented and its eastern part (Qunnerit) is almost separated fr ...
lies to the west,
Sammisoq Sammisoq (old spelling ''Sangmissoq'', da, Christian IV Ø; English traditional:''Christian IV Island'') is an island in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland, located northeast of Uummannarsuaq cape. It is the largest island of the Cap ...
to the north and the smaller
Avatdlerssuaq Avallersuaq, old spelling ''Avatdlerssuaq'', is an uninhabited island of the Cape Farewell Archipelago in Kujalleq municipality of southern Greenland. It is a small and rocky island located east of Itilleq Island (Egger). It has an elevation of ...
and Saningassoq to the east. Egger Island has an area of 308.8 km2 and a shoreline of 150.2 kilometres. Cape Farewell lies at the island's southernmost tip, with a height of over 2000 feet; it is noted for bad weather.


See also

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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 ...
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List of countries by southernmost point This is a list of countries by southernmost point on land. Where borders are contested, the southernmost point under the control of a nation is listed, excluding points within Antarctica and its outlying islands south of 60°S. Non-UN political en ...


References

Uninhabited islands of Greenland Kujalleq {{Greenland-geo-stub