Talerua Island is an uninhabited island 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 ...
, located in the southeastern part of
Uummannaq Fjord
Uummannaq Fjord is a large fjord system in the northern part of western Greenland, the largest after Kangertittivaq fjord in eastern Greenland. It has a roughly south-east to west-north-west orientation, emptying into the Baffin Bay in the nort ...
, at the mouth of
Ikerasak Fjord
Ikerasak Fjord ( kl, Ikerasaup Sullua, also Qarajaq Icefjord, or da, Qarajaqs Isfjord) is a fjord in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland.
Geography
The fjord constitutes the innermost part of the Uummannaq Fjord at the base of ...
, its innermost section.
[Nuussuaq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992]
Geography
The island has an elongated oval shape of southeast-to-northwest orientation. To the north, it is separated from a larger
Ikerasak Island
Ikerasak Island ( kl, Ikerasaap qeqertaa) is an island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland, located in the southeastern part of Uummannaq Fjord, at the mouth of Ikerasak Fjord, its innermost section.Nuussuaq, Saga Map, Tage Schjà ...
by the ''Ikarasanguaq'' strait, and further from
Drygalski Peninsula on the mainland by the narrow ''Ikerasassuaq'' strait. To the south, the southern arm of Uummannaq Fjord separates it from the
Nuussuaq Peninsula
Nuussuaq Peninsula (, old spelling: ''Nûgssuaq'') is a large (180x48 km) peninsula in western Greenland.
Geography
The waters around the peninsula are that of Baffin Bay. To the south and southwest the peninsula is bounded by Disko Bay, ...
. To the northwest, the central arm of Uummannaq Fjord separates it from
Salliaruseq Island
Salliaruseq Island (old spelling: ''Sagdliaruseq'', da, Storøen, translated: The-big-island) is an uninhabited .
References
Uninhabited islands of Greenland
Uummannaq Fjord
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