Nutaarmiut Island is an 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...

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Geography

Nutaarmiut Island is located 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 north-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...

. It is separated from Mattaangassut Island

Mattaangassut Island

Mattaangassut Island is an uninhabited island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.- Geography :Mattaangassut Island is located in Tasiusaq Bay, in the north-central part of Upernavik Archipelago...

 in the northwest by a narrow Ikerasakassak strait, and from Qallunaat Island

Qallunaat Island

Qallunaat Island is an uninhabited island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.- History :Qallunaat Island was briefly inhabited between 1898, when the Sarfaq settlement was founded, and 1919, when it was abandoned...

 in the north by the waterways of Tasiusaq Bay.

Settlement

The island is home to Nutaarmiut

Nutaarmiut

Nutaarmiut is an island settlement in the Qaasuitsup municipality, in northwestern Greenland. It had 36 inhabitants in 2010.- Upernavik Archipelago :...

, the smallest village in the archipelago, perched on the eastern shore of the island.