Tasiusaq Island (old spelling: ''Tasiussaq'') is an

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 ...

, home to the Tasiusaq settlement.

Geography

Tasiusaq Island is located in the outer belt of islands 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 ...

. In the northwest, the

Ikerasak Strait Ikerasak Strait is a strait in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. Geography The strait is located in central Tasiusaq Bay. It separates Uigorlersuaq Island in the north from Paagussat Island Paagussat Island (old spelli ...

separates it from

Uigorlersuaq Island Uigorlersuaq Island (old spelling: ''Uigordlerssuaq'') is an uninhabited island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. Geography Uigorlersuaq Island is located in the outer belt of islands in Tasiusaq Bay, in the central part of ...

. The inner waterways of the bay separate it from Aappilattoq Island and

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 northeast. The Simiuttap Ikerasaa strait, with a small

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 separates Tasiusaq 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. The outer waterways of Tasiusaq Bay separate the island from small skerries and Kangaarsuk Island in the south, from

Illunguit Island Illunnguit Island (old spelling: ''Igdlúnguit'') is an uninhabited island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. Geography Once inhabited, the Illunnguit Island is located in the outer belt of islands in Tasiusaq Bay, in the cen ...

in the southwest, and from

Paagussat Island Paagussat Island (old spelling: ''Pâgússat'') is an uninhabited island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. Geography Paagussat Island is located in the outer belt of islands in Tasiusaq Bay, in the central part of Upernavik ...

in the west.''Upernavik'', Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992 Tasiusaq Island is mountainous in its center. Tunullersuaq is the highest mountain, at . The Tasiusaq village is located in the lower part of the island, at the shores of one of the small bays indenting the coastline in the northwest, near Nuunnguaq, the western cape.

Promontories

References

{{Upernavik Archipelago Tasiusaq Bay Islands of the Upernavik Archipelago