Akornat Strait
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Akornat Strait is a strait
in the Upernavik Archipelago
in the Qaasuitsup
municipality in northwestern Greenland
. It separates Qaarsorsuaq Island
in the northwest from Nutaarmiut Island in the southeast. The strait waterway opens into Baffin Bay
in the southwest, and into the inner waterways of the archipelago in the northeast.
Strait
A strait or straits is a narrow, typically navigable channel of water that connects two larger, navigable bodies of water. It most commonly refers to a channel of water that lies between two land masses, but it may also refer to a navigable channel through a body of water that is otherwise not...
in the Upernavik Archipelago
Upernavik Archipelago
Upernavik Archipelago is a vast archipelago of small islands in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland, on the coast of northeastern Baffin Bay...
in the Qaasuitsup
Qaasuitsup
Qaasuitsup is a new municipality in Greenland, operational from 1 January 2009. As of January 2010 its population is 17,749. The administrative center of the municipality is in Ilulissat...
municipality in northwestern Greenland
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...
. It separates Qaarsorsuaq Island
Qaarsorsuaq Island
Qaarsorsuaq Island is an uninhabited island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. At , it is one of the largest islands in the Upernavik Archipelago, located in its southern part...
in the northwest from Nutaarmiut Island in the southeast. The strait waterway opens into Baffin Bay
Baffin Bay
Baffin Bay , located between Baffin Island and the southwest coast of Greenland, is a marginal sea of the North Atlantic Ocean. It is connected to the Atlantic via Davis Strait and the Labrador Sea...
in the southwest, and into the inner waterways of the archipelago in the northeast.