Egger Island ( da, Eggers Ø; kl, Itilleq, old spelling: ''Itivdleq'')
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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 ...
's southernmost island. It is located in the
Kujalleq municipality and is uninhabited.
Geography
Egger Island is an important landmark for a small islet off
Cape Farewell, its southern headland, is the southernmost point of Greenland. It is part of the
Cape Farewell Archipelago (Nunap Isua).
The island has a deeply indented coastline and is separated from the neighbouring islands of the archipelago by narrow sounds.
Qunnerit lies to the west,
Sammisoq to the north and the smaller
Avatdlerssuaq and
Saningassoq to the east. Egger Island has an area of 308.8 km
2 and a shoreline of 150.2 kilometres.
lies at the island's southernmost tip, with a height of over 2000 feet; it is noted for bad weather.
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
* Ag ...
*
List of countries by southernmost point
References
Uninhabited islands of Greenland
Kujalleq
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