Qallunaat Island 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...

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History

Qallunaat Island was briefly inhabited between 1898, when the Sarfaq

Sarfaq

Sarfaq is a former settlement in the Upernavik Archipelago region of northwestern Greenland. It was located on Qallunaat Island, an island in Tasiusaq Bay, in the north-central part of the archipelago. The village was perched near the eastern cape of the island, on the shores of Kangerlussuaq...

 settlement was founded, and 1919, when it was abandoned. Sarfaq was perched on the low-lying northern end of the island, at the shores of Kangerlussuaq Icefjord

Kangerlussuaq Icefjord

Kangerlussuaq Icefjord is a fjord in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.- Geography :...

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Geography

Qallunaat 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 Tuttorqortooq Island

Tuttorqortooq Island

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

 by the Qaqqakassaup Ikerasaa strait in the north, from the mainland of Greenland by the Kangerlussuaq Icefjord in the northeast, and by channels of Tasiusaq Bay from Nuuluk Island

Nuuluk Island

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

 in the east, Nutaarmiut Island

Nutaarmiut Island (Tasiusaq Bay)

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

 in the south, and 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 west.

The island is hilly in its southern part, falling to the sea with red, silver, and light-colored cliffs. At 340 m (1,115.5 ft), Inngik

Inngik

Inngik is a mountain of Greenland. It is located in the Upernavik Archipelago....

is the highest mountain on the island, located in the western part of the island.

Coastline

The coastline of the island is developed, with many inlets indenting the coastline, particularly in its northern part.

Promontories

Name	Direction	Latitude N	Longitude W
(none)	Northern Cape	73°39′44″	56°16′32″
Inussukassat	Eastern Cape	73°37′29″	56°09′50″
Ikerasaassuup Akia	Southern Cape	73°32′26″	56°23′20″
Naajamiut Nuuat	Southwestern Cape	73°33′09″	56°31′40″
Inngiup Nuua	Western Cape	73°34′46″	56°31′10″