Qaarsorsuatsiaq Island
Encyclopedia
Qaarsorsuatsiaq Island is an island
in the Qaasuitsup
municipality in northwestern Greenland
.
, in the south-central part of Upernavik Archipelago
. The inner waterways of Tasiusaq Bay separate it from Innaarsuit Island
in the east. Several skerries
buffer the western coast of the island. The highest point on the island is an unnamed peak in the west, reaching 320 m (1,049.9 ft).
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
Qaarsorsuatsiaq Island is located in the outer belt of islands 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 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...
. The inner waterways of Tasiusaq Bay separate it from Innaarsuit Island
Innaarsuit Island
Innaarsuit Island is an island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland, home to the Innaarsuit settlement.- Geography :...
in the east. 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 western coast of the island. The highest point on the island is an unnamed peak in the west, reaching 320 m (1,049.9 ft).