Anarusuk Island
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Anarusuk 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...

.

Geography

Anarusuk 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...

, on the shores of the inner reaches of Kangerlussuaq Icefjord
Kangerlussuaq Icefjord
Kangerlussuaq Icefjord is a fjord in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.- Geography :...

, which in the northeast separates it from Giesecke Glacier
Giesecke Glacier
Giesecke Glacier is a glacier in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. Its outflow is split in the center by a nunatak. Through two tongues it drains the Greenland ice sheet westwards into Kangerlussuaq Icefjord. The northern tongue reaches the fjord at . The southern tongue ...

 on the mainland of Greenland.

The island is separated 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 northwest by a small Ikerasaarsuk channel, from Aappilattoq Island
Aappilattoq Island (Tasiusaq Bay)
Aappilattoq Island is an uninhabited island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. It is one of two islands of the same name in the Upernavik Archipelago.- Geography :...

 in the west by a small channel of the same name, and by the inner waterways of Tasiusaq Bay from Aukarnersuaq Island
Aukarnersuaq Island
Aukarnersuaq Island is an uninhabited island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.- Geography :...

 in the southeast and Qaqaarissorsuaq Island
Qaqaarissorsuaq Island
Qaqaarissorsuaq Island is an uninhabited island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.- Geography :...

in the south.

Coastline

The coastline of the island is developed, with many inlets indenting the coastline in the west.

Promontories

Name Direction Latitude N Longitude W
Naajakassait Northern Cape 73°31′30″ 55°49′30″
Aappilattuinnakassak Southern Cape 73°22′40″ 55°34′50″
Tulukkat Northwestern Cape 73°30′17″ 55°53′45″
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