Simiuttap Ikerasaa
Encyclopedia
Simiuttap Ikerasaa is a strait
in the Qaasuitsup
municipality in northwestern Greenland
.
. With a small Simiutaq skerry
in the middle, the strait separates Tasiusaq Island
in the west, from the mountainous Qaqaarissorsuaq Island
in the east.
Strait
A strait or straits is a narrow, typically navigable channel of water that connects two larger, navigable bodies of water. It most commonly refers to a channel of water that lies between two land masses, but it may also refer to a navigable channel through a body of water that is otherwise not...
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
The strait is located in central 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...
. With a small Simiutaq skerry
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....
in the middle, the strait separates Tasiusaq Island
Tasiusaq Island
Tasiusaq Island is an island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland, home to the Tasiusaq settlement.- Geography :...
in the west, from the mountainous Qaqaarissorsuaq Island
Qaqaarissorsuaq Island
Qaqaarissorsuaq Island is an uninhabited island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.- Geography :...
in the east.