Ikermiorsuaq Island (old spelling: ''Ikermiorssuaq'') is an uninhabited
island
An island or isle is a piece of land, distinct from a continent, completely surrounded by water. There are continental islands, which were formed by being split from a continent by plate tectonics, and oceanic islands, which have never been ...
in
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
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. It is by far the largest geographically of three constituent parts of the kingdom; the other two are metropolitan Denmark and the Faroe Islands. Citizens of Greenlan ...
.
Geography
Ikermiorsuaq Island is located in the northern 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 center of
Sugar Loaf Bay
Sugar Loaf Bay 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 an island of the same name in the bay, Su ...
, an indentation of
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 ...
,
[''Upernavik Avannarleq'', Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992] halfway between a chain of small islands off the southern coast of
Nuussuaq Peninsula
Nuussuaq Peninsula (, old spelling: ''Nûgssuaq'') is a large () peninsula in western Greenland.
Geography
The waters around the peninsula are that of Baffin Bay. To the south and southwest the peninsula is bounded by Disko Bay, an inlet ...
in the northwest, and
Nasaussaq Island
Nasaussaq Island is a small, uninhabited island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland.
Geography
Nasaussaq Island is located in the north-central part of Upernavik Archipelago, in the inner part of Sugar Loaf Bay, an indentation ...
in the southeast, at the mouth of
Nasaussap Saqqaa
Nasaussap Saqqaa (old spelling: ''Nasaussap Sarqâ'', ) is a fjord in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland.''Upernavik Avannarleq'', Saga Map, 1:250.000, Tage Schjøtt, 1992
Geography
The long fjord is an inlet of Sugar Loaf Bay, f ...
fjord.
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 Indo-European languages, European language name.
Islands and archipelagoes
*Aaluik
*Aasiaat
*Achton Friis Is ...
References
External links
1:1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart, Sheet B-8
{{Upernavik Archipelago
Uninhabited islands of Greenland
Sugar Loaf Bay
Islands of the Upernavik Archipelago