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 ...
, located in the southeastern part of
Uummannaq Fjord
Uummannaq Fjord is a large fjord system in the northern part of western Greenland, the largest after Scoresby Sund, Kangertittivaq fjord in eastern Greenland. It has a roughly south-east to west-north-west orientation, emptying into the Baffin ...
, at the mouth of
Ikerasak Fjord
Ikerasak Fjord (, also Qarajaq Icefjord, or ) is a fjord in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland.
Geography
The fjord constitutes the innermost part of the Uummannaq Fjord at the base of Nuussuaq Peninsula.Nuussuaq, Saga Map, Ta ...
, its innermost section.Nuussuaq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992
Geography
The island has an elongated oval shape of southeast-to-northwest orientation. To the north, it is separated from a larger
Ikerasak Island
Ikerasak Island () is an island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland, located in the southeastern part of Uummannaq Fjord, at the mouth of Ikerasak Fjord, its innermost section.Nuussuaq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992
Geography
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by the ''Ikarasanguaq'' strait, and further from Drygalski Peninsula on the mainland by the narrow ''Ikerasassuaq'' strait. To the south, the southern arm of Uummannaq Fjord separates it from the
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 ...
. To the northwest, the central arm of Uummannaq Fjord separates it from
Salliaruseq Island
Salliaruseq Island (old spelling: ''Sagdliaruseq'', , translated: The-big-island) is an uninhabited