Upernattivik – also known as Upernarsuak
[''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 102] – is an uninhabited island in
King Frederick VI Coast
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, southeastern
Greenland
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. Administratively it is part of the
Sermersooq
Sermersooq (, da, sted med meget is, lit=place of much ice) is a municipality in Greenland, formed on 1 January 2009 from five earlier, smaller municipalities. Its administrative seat is the city of Nuuk (formerly called Godthåb), the capital ...
municipality
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.
Geography
Upernattivik is a coastal island in
Umivik Bay
Umivik Bay ( da, Umivik Bugt), also known as ''Umiivik'' and ''Umerik'', is a bay in King Frederick VI Coast, southeastern Greenland. It is part of the Sermersooq municipality.
Unlike the jagged and forbidding appearance of most fjord systems i ...
, located between the
Fridtjof Nansen Peninsula to the north and the
Odinland
Odinland ( da, Odin Land), also ''Odinsland'' in the Defense Mapping Agency Greenland Navigation charts, is a peninsula in the King Frederick VI Coast, southeastern Greenland. It is a part of the Sermersooq municipality.
The peninsula is fully e ...
Peninsula to the south. The Torsukattak is an wide
sound
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that separates the island from the mainland in the north and the broader
Umiiviip Kangertiva
Umivik Bay ( da, Umivik Bugt), also known as ''Umiivik'' and ''Umerik'', is a bay in King Frederick VI Coast, southeastern Greenland. It is part of the Sermersooq municipality.
Unlike the jagged and forbidding appearance of most fjord systems i ...
Fjord is located to the south.
The island is long with a maximum width of .
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There are some smaller islands in its vicinity, such as
Trefoldigheden,
Terne Island and
Tre Lover to the west and
Pikiitsi off its eastern point.
See also
*
List of islands of Greenland
References
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External links
Den grønlandske Lods - Sejladsanvisninger Østgrønland East coast of Greenland. From Ihersuak to Umivik Bay. Surveyed during the 7th journey of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition, 1931Gazetteer of Greenland
Uninhabited islands of Greenland
Sermersooq