Simiuttap Ikerasaa (old spelling: ''Simiútap Ikerasâ'') is a

strait A strait is an oceanic landform connecting two seas or two other large areas of water. The surface water generally flows at the same elevation on both sides and through the strait in either direction. Most commonly, it is a narrow ocean channe ...

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 strait is located in central

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 ...

. With a small ''Simiutaq''

skerry A skerry is a small rocky island, or islet, usually too small for human habitation. It may simply be a rocky reef. A skerry can also be called a low sea stack. A skerry may have vegetative life such as moss and small, hardy grasses. They a ...

in the middle, the strait separates

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, from the mountainous

Qaqaarissorsuaq Island Qaqaarissorsuaq Island (old spelling: ''Qaqârigssorssuaq'') is an uninhabited island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. Geography The egg-shaped Qaqaarissorsuaq Island is located in Tasiusaq Bay, in the central part of Upern ...

in the east.''Upernavik'', Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992

References

{{coord, 73, 19, N, 55, 51, W, scale:500000, display=title Tasiusaq Bay Straits of the Upernavik Archipelago