Uigorlersuaq Island (old spelling: ''Uigordlerssuaq'') 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

Uigorlersuaq 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, it is separated from a smaller ''Uigorle Island'' by the inner waterways of the bay. In the southeast,

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

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 ...

and

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 A ...

.''Upernavik'', Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992 It is one of the low-lying islands buffering Tasiusaq Island from the west. The highest point on the island is an unnamed peak in the northern part of the island.

References

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