Qullikorsuit 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...

. It is located in the northern 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...

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History

Qullikorsuit Island was inhabited between 1916, when the Appaalissiorfik

Appaalissiorfik

Appaalissiorfik is a former settlement in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. It was located in the north-central part of Upernavik Archipelago, on the southwestern cape of Qullikorsuit Island, an island in Tasiusaq Bay. The settlement operated between 1916 and 1923....

 settlement was founded, and 1923, when it was abandoned. Appaalissiorfik was perched on the southwestern cape of the island, on the shores of the Appaalissiorfiup Ikerasaa

Appaalissiorfiup Ikerasaa

Appaalissiorfiup Ikerasaa is a strait in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.- Geography :The strait is located at the northern end of Tasiusaq Bay...

 strait.

Location within the archipelago

Qullikorsuit Island is located 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...

, in the group between Kangerlussuaq Icefjord

Kangerlussuaq Icefjord

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

 in the south, and Nuussuaq Peninsula

Nuussuaq Peninsula (Upernavik Archipelago)

Nuussuaq Peninsula is a mainland peninsula in northwestern Greenland, located at the northern end of Upernavik Archipelago, approximately to the south of Melville Bay...

 in the north. The island defines the southern boundary of the Sugar Loaf Bay

Sugar Loaf Bay

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

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The island is the largest within the group, and is separated from the mainland of Greenland and smaller islands by narrow straits: from the unnamed nunataq on the mainland in the east by the narrow Ikerasassuaq strait

Strait

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, from the smaller, U-shaped Paornivik Island

Paornivik Island

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

 in the southeast by Paarniviup Tunua strait, from Mernoq Island

Mernoq Island

Mernoq Island is an uninhabited island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.- History :With brief intervals of no permanent settlement, Mernoq Island was inhabited between 1891, when the Kuuk settlement was founded, and 1972, when it was abandoned...

 in the south by the Mernup Tunua strait, and from Apparsuit Island

Apparsuit Island

Apparsuit Island is an uninhabited island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. Cape Shackleton, the western promontory of the island, marks the northernmost extent of Tasiusaq Bay, an indentiation of Baffin Bay.- History :The island is characteristic for its cliffs falling to...

 by the Appaalissiorfiup Ikerasaa strait. The latter is an important waterway trail followed by the boats between Upernavik

Upernavik

Upernavik is a small town in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland, located on a small island of the same name. With 1,129 inhabitants as of 2010, it is the thirteenth-largest town in Greenland. Due to the small size of the settlement, everything is within walking distance...

, the only town in the region, and smaller settlements in the north: Nuussuaq

Nuussuaq

Nuussuaq is a settlement in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. It is the only mainland settlement in the Upernavik Archipelago, located near the western tip of the Nuussuaq Peninsula, on the northern coast of Sugar Loaf Bay, an indentiation of Baffin Bay.The settlement was...

 and Kullorsuaq

Kullorsuaq

Kullorsuaq is a settlement in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. It is the northernmost settlement in the Upernavik Archipelago, located on Kullorsuaq Island, at the southern end of Melville Bay, an indentiation of Baffin Bay.The settlement was founded in 1928, and became a...

. The neighboring Kittorsaq Island

Kittorsaq Island

Kittorsaq Island is an uninhabited island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. It is located in the northern part of Upernavik Archipelago.- Geography :...

 to the northwest is sometimes used as a stopover on the marine route from Nuussuaq

Nuussuaq

Nuussuaq is a settlement in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. It is the only mainland settlement in the Upernavik Archipelago, located near the western tip of the Nuussuaq Peninsula, on the northern coast of Sugar Loaf Bay, an indentiation of Baffin Bay.The settlement was...

 to Tasiusaq

Tasiusaq, Qaasuitsup

Tasiusaq is an island settlement in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. It had 248 inhabitants in 2010...

, and further south to Upernavik

Upernavik

Upernavik is a small town in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland, located on a small island of the same name. With 1,129 inhabitants as of 2010, it is the thirteenth-largest town in Greenland. Due to the small size of the settlement, everything is within walking distance...

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Topography

The island is mountainous throughout. At 822 m (2,696.9 ft), the Sullaussartooq mountain is the highest point on the island, with the top of the ridge permanently glaciated.

Coastline

The coastline of the island is generally undeveloped, despite two distinct peninsulas and shallow, unnamed bays in the south.

Promontories

Name	Direction	Latitude N	Longitude W
Ujarassuit	Northern Cape	73°55′34″	56°35′45″
(none)	Southern Cape	73°46′50″	56°16′20″
Appaalissiorfik	Southwestern Cape	73°48′30″	56°35′00″
Saffioorsuaq	Western Cape	73°52′47″	56°44′12″