Ateqanngitsorsuaq Island (old spelling: Ateqángitsorssuaq) is an uninhabited island

Island

An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...

 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...

.

Geography

Ateqanngitsorsuaq Island is located in the outer belt of islands in Tasiusaq Bay

Tasiusaq Bay

Tasiusaq Bay is a bay in the Upernavik Archipelago in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. It is an indentiation of northeastern Baffin Bay...

, in the south-central part of 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 south, it is separated from sibling Innaarsuit Island

Innaarsuit Island

Innaarsuit Island is an island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland, home to the Innaarsuit settlement.- Geography :...

 by a very narrow channel. Unlike the latter, it is mountainous, with the highest point reaching 516 m (1,692.9 ft) in an unnammed summit in the center of the island.

The inner waterways of Tasiusaq Bay separate it from Qaqaarissorsuaq Island

Qaqaarissorsuaq Island

Qaqaarissorsuaq Island is an uninhabited island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.- Geography :...

 in the northeast. Several skerries

Skerry

A skerry is a small rocky island, usually defined to be too small for habitation. It may simply be a rocky reef. A skerry can also be called a low sea stack....

buffer the eastern coast of the island.