Maniitsoq Island is an island in the
Qeqqata
Qeqqata (, ) is a municipality in western Greenland, operational from 1 January 2009. The municipality was named after its location in the central-western part of the country. Its population is 9,378 as of January 2020. The administrative cente ...
municipality in western
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 ...
.
[''Maniitsoq'', Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992]
Geography
The island is located on the shores of
Davis Strait
The Davis Strait (Danish language, Danish: ''Davisstrædet'') is a southern arm of the Arctic Ocean that lies north of the Labrador Sea. It lies between mid-western Greenland and Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada. To the north is Baffin Bay. The ...
, separated from
Sermersuut Island in the north by the
Ammarqoq Sound. The island is roughly triangular in shape and many little islets and rocks dot its eastern and southwestern coastline.
Located at the southern end of the island,
Maniitsoq was formerly known as Sukkertoppen.
[Ross, James. ]
Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-west Passage, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions During the Years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833
'. A.W. Webster, 1835. It is the only settlement in the area and is served by the
Maniitsoq Airport.
See also
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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
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Air Greenland - Maniitsoq Davis Strait
Islands of Greenland
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