Nuuluk Island
Encyclopedia
Nuuluk Island is an uninhabited island
in the Qaasuitsup
municipality in northwestern Greenland
.
, in the north-central part of Upernavik Archipelago
, on the shores of the inner reaches of Kangerlussuaq Icefjord
, which in the northeast separates it from Giesecke Glacier
on the mainland of Greenland.
The island is separated from Anarusuk Island
in the southeast by a small Ikerasaarsuk channel. The inner waterways of Tasiusaq Bay separate it from Qallunaat Island
in the northwest, Saattorsuaq Island
in the west, and Aappilattoq Island
in the south.
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
Nuuluk Island is located in Tasiusaq BayTasiusaq 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...
, on the shores of the inner reaches of Kangerlussuaq Icefjord
Kangerlussuaq Icefjord
Kangerlussuaq Icefjord is a fjord in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.- Geography :...
, which in the northeast separates it from Giesecke Glacier
Giesecke Glacier
Giesecke Glacier is a glacier in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. Its outflow is split in the center by a nunatak. Through two tongues it drains the Greenland ice sheet westwards into Kangerlussuaq Icefjord. The northern tongue reaches the fjord at . The southern tongue ...
on the mainland of Greenland.
The island is separated from Anarusuk Island
Anarusuk Island
Anarusuk Island is an uninhabited island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.- Geography :Anarusuk Island is located in Tasiusaq Bay, in the north-central part of Upernavik Archipelago, on the shores of the inner reaches of Kangerlussuaq Icefjord, which in the northeast...
in the southeast by a small Ikerasaarsuk channel. The inner waterways of Tasiusaq Bay separate it 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 northwest, Saattorsuaq Island
Saattorsuaq Island
Saattorsuaq Island is a small, uninhabited island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.- History :...
in the west, and Aappilattoq Island
Aappilattoq Island (Tasiusaq Bay)
Aappilattoq Island is an uninhabited island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. It is one of two islands of the same name in the Upernavik Archipelago.- Geography :...
in the south.