Qaqaarissorsuaq Island (old spelling: ''Qaqârigssorssuaq'') is an uninhabited

island An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...

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

The egg-shaped Qaqaarissorsuaq Island is located 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 ...

, in the central part of

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 ...

. The inner waterways of the bay separate it from the surrounding islands: Ateqanngitsorsuaq Island in the southwest,

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 west through the Simiuttap Ikerasaa strait,

Anarusuk Island Anarusuk Island is an uninhabited island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. Geography Anarusuk Island is located in Tasiusaq Bay, in the north-central part of Upernavik Archipelago, on the shores of the inner reaches of Kanger ...

in the north,

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 ...

in the northeast, and small islands and skerries in the south and southeast.''Upernavik'', Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992 The island has an undeveloped shoreline. It is mountainous throughout, with a large lake occupying the central plateau at . The highest point on the island is an unnamed peak in the north.

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