Ammarqua Strait is a strait

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 southern part of the 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 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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Geography

The strait separates Nutaarmiut Island from four large islands in the east, Uilortussoq Island

Uilortussoq Island

Uilortussoq Island is a island of Greenland. It is located in Baffin Bay in the Upernavik Archipelago....

 and Saninngassoq Island in the north; Nako Island

Nako Island

Nako Island is a island of Greenland. It is located in Baffin Bay in the Upernavik Archipelago....

 and and Akuliaruseq Island

Akuliaruseq Island

Akuliaruseq Island is an uninhabited island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.- Location within the archipelago :Akuliaruseq Island is located in the southern part of the Upernavik Archipelago, in the group between Nunavik Peninsula in the south, and Upernavik Icefjord in the...

 in the south. The Eqalugaarsuit Suulluat Fjord opens into Ammarqua Strait immediately to the east of the southern cape, to the north of Kangeq Peninsula

Kangeq Peninsula

Kangeq Peninsula is a peninsula of Greenland. It is located in the Upernavik Archipelago....

 off the mainland of Greenland.

At the southern mouth of the strait at the confluence with Baffin Bay

Baffin Bay

Baffin Bay , located between Baffin Island and the southwest coast of Greenland, is a marginal sea of the North Atlantic Ocean. It is connected to the Atlantic via Davis Strait and the Labrador Sea...

 are two islands: the Ineraq Island and the double Singarnaq-Annertussoq Island, as well as smaller 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....

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