Ammarqua Strait (old spelling: ''Angmarqua'') is a

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in the southern part of the

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 ...

Avannaata Avannaata (, ) 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 the south, Avannaata is flanked ...

municipality in northwestern

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Geography

The strait separates

Nutaarmiut Island Nutaarmiut Island (old spelling: ''Nutârmiut'') is an uninhabitedUilortussoq Island Uilortussoq Island is an island of Greenland. It is located in Baffin Bay in the Upernavik Archipelago, in the Avannaata municipality in western Greenland, 1,000 km north of the capital Nuuk Nuuk (; , formerly ) is the capital and m ...

and Saninngassoq Island in the north;

Nako Island Nako Island is an island of Greenland. It is located in Baffin Bay in the Upernavik Archipelago Upernavik Archipelago is a vast coastal archipelago in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland, off the shores of northeastern Baffin B ...

and

Akuliaruseq Island Akuliaruseq Island is an uninhabited island in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. Geography Location within the archipelago Akuliaruseq Island is located in the southern part of the Upernavik Archipelago, in the group be ...

in the south.Upernavik, Saga Map, 1:250.000, Tage Schjøtt, 1992 The Eqalugaarsuit Suulluat Fjord opens into Ammarqua Strait immediately to the east of the southern cape, to the north of Kangeq Peninsula off the mainland of Greenland. At the southern mouth of the strait at the confluence with

Baffin Bay Baffin Bay (Inuktitut: ''Saknirutiak Imanga''; ; ; ), located between Baffin Island and the west coast of Greenland, is defined by the International Hydrographic Organization as a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. It is sometimes considered a s ...

are two islands: the Ineraq Island and the double Singarnaq-Annertussoq Island, as well as smaller

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References

{{coord, 72, 37, N, 55, 17, W, scale:500000, display=title Straits of the Upernavik Archipelago