Nunatarsuaq (old spelling: ''Nunatarssuaq'') is a

nunatak A nunatak (from Inuit ''nunataq'') is the summit or ridge of a mountain that protrudes from an ice field or glacier that otherwise covers most of the mountain or ridge. They are also called glacial islands. Examples are natural pyramidal peaks. ...

( kl, nunataq) 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 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 ...

Geography

Nunatarsuaq is one of several nunataks in the

Upernavik Archipelago Upernavik Archipelago is a vast coastal archipelago in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland, off the shores of northeastern Baffin Bay. The archipelago extends from the northwestern coast of Sigguup Nunaa peninsula in the south at ...

, and one of the few named nunataks in

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 ...

. To the north, it is bounded by Qaaneq

fjord In physical geography, a fjord or fiord () is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Alaska, Antarctica, British Columbia, Chile, Denmark, Germany, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Ice ...

, the innermost waterway of

Kangerlussuaq Icefjord Kangerlussuaq Icefjord (old spelling: ''Kangerdlugssuaq'', da, Giesecke Isfjord) is a fjord in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. Geography The long fjord flows to the northwest between the mainland of Greenland in the northeas ...

. To the west, the innermost waterways of Tasiusaq Bay separate it from

Aukarnersuaq Island Aukarnersuaq Island (old spelling: ''Aukarnerssuaq'') is an uninhabited island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. Geography Aukernersuaq Island is located in Tasiusaq Bay, in the north-central part of Upernavik Archipelago, on ...

. To the southeast, the

Nunatakassaup Sermia Nunatakassaup Sermia (old spelling: ''Nunatakavsaup Sermia'') is a tidewater glacier in Avannaata municipality on the northwestern shore of Greenland. It drains the Greenland ice sheet westwards into Melville Bay.''Upernavik Avannarleq'', Saga ...

glacier drains the

Greenland ice sheet The Greenland ice sheet ( da, Grønlands indlandsis, kl, Sermersuaq) is a vast body of ice covering , roughly near 80% of the surface of Greenland. It is sometimes referred to as an ice cap, or under the term ''inland ice'', or its Danish equiva ...

( kl, Sermersuaq) into Tasiusaq Bay.''Upernavik'', Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992 The highest point on the island is an unnamed peak of .

References

{{Upernavik Archipelago Nunataks of Greenland Tasiusaq Bay Upernavik Archipelago