Qeertartivatsiaq Island (old spelling: ''Qêrtartivatsiaq'') is an uninhabited island in the
Sermersooq
Sermersooq (, da, sted med meget is, lit=place of much ice) is a municipality in Greenland, formed on 1 January 2009 from five earlier, smaller municipalities. Its administrative seat is the city of Nuuk (formerly called Godthåb), the capital ...
municipality in southeastern
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
Qeertartivatsiaq lies near the entrance of
Sermilik
Sermilik ( da, Egede og Rothes Fjord) is a fjord in eastern Greenland. It is part of the Sermersooq municipality.
The settlement of Tasiilaq is located about 15 km to the east of the mouth of the fjord.
Geography
This fjord, whose Gre ...
Fjord on the western side, at the mouth of
Johan Petersen Fjord
Johan Petersen Fjord, also known as Petersen Bay ( da, Petersen Bugt), is a fjord in King Christian IX Land, Eastern Greenland.
The fjord is named after Danish Arctic explorer Johan Petersen (1813–1880).
Geography
This fjord is located on the ...
and its eastern branch, the
Stoklund Fjord which lies between the northwestern side of Qeertartivatsiaq and the mainland.
[''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 104]
The island is located in
King Christian IX Land
King Christian IX Land ( da, Kong Christian IX Land) is a coastal area of Southeastern Greenland in Sermersooq Municipality fronting the Denmark Strait and extending through the Arctic Circle from 65°N to 70°N.
History
This area was named in ...
to the southwest of
Tiniteqilaaq
Tiilerilaaq (formerly ''Tiniteqilaaq'') is a settlement in the Sermersooq municipality, in southeastern Greenland. Its population was 96 in 2020.
Population
The population of Tiilerilaaq has decreased by 30 percent relative to the 1990 levels, ...
, and to the west of
Ammassalik Island
Ammassalik Island ( da, Ammassalik Ø) is an island in the Sermersooq municipality in southeastern Greenland, with an area of . .
[''Tasiilaq'', Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992]
See also
*
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 ...
References
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Uninhabited islands of Greenland