Kiataussaq Island ( da, Amdrup Ø) is an uninhabited

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municipality in northwestern

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Geography

Kiataussaq Island is the northernmost island of any size in the northernmost part of

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, located approximately to the west of the

Nunatarsuaq Nunatarsuaq (old spelling: ''Nunatarssuaq'', da, Hovgård Kystland) is a nunatak ( kl, nunataq) in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. Geography Nunatarsuaq is one of several nunataks in the Melville Bay region of Greenland, w ...

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on the mainland of Greenland. To the north of the island, only small

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of diminishing size dot the surface of southern

Melville Bay Melville Bay ( kl, Qimusseriarsuaq; da, Melville Bugt), is a large bay off the coast of northwestern Greenland. Located to the north of the Upernavik Archipelago, it opens to the south-west into Baffin Bay. Its Kalaallisut name, ''Qimusseriars ...

.''Upernavik Avannarleq'', Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992''Qimmsseriarsuaq'', Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992 The island is rocky, culminating in an unnamed peak in the western part of the island.

Skerries

Kiataussaq Island is surrounded by several skerries in the north and west: collectively known as Kiataussaq Skerries ( kl, Kiataussap Qeqertarsue, da, Bluhme øer): * ''Qaarusulik'' ( da, Bloch ø) * ''Qeqertannguit'' * ''Natsiarsiorfik'' * ''Nanotralikassak'' * ''Qilalukiarfik'' * ''Uvingassoq'' * ''Qamutikassait''

References

{{Upernavik Archipelago Uninhabited islands of Greenland Melville Bay Islands of the Upernavik Archipelago