Qeqertarsuatsiaq Island
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Aerial view of Qeqertarsuatsiaq Island | |
  Qeqertarsuatsiaq | |
| Geography | |
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| Location | Baffin Bay |
| Coordinates | 70°25′00″N 54°53′00″W / 70.41667°N 54.88333°WCoordinates: 70°25′00″N 54°53′00″W / 70.41667°N 54.88333°W |
| Area | 126 km2 (49 sq mi) |
| Administration | |
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Greenland | |
| Municipality | Qaasuitsup |
Qeqertarsuatsiaq Island (old spelling: Qeqertarssuatsiaq, Danish: Hareøen) is an isolated and uninhabited[1] island in the Qaasuitsup municipality, in Baffin Bay off the western shore of Greenland.[2]
Geography
Qeqertarsuatsiaaq Island is separated from the much larger Disko Island (Greenlandic: Qeqertarsuaq) in the southeast by the Maligaat sound, and from Nuussuaq Peninsula in the northeast by the Sullorsuaq Strait.[2]
References
- ↑ Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- 1 2 Nuussuaq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992
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