Apparsuit 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...

. Cape Shackleton

Cape Shackleton

Cape Shackleton is a cape in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. The cape is the western promontory on Apparsuit Island, delimiting the northern end of Tasiusaq Bay, an indentiation of Baffin Bay in the Upernavik Archipelago....

, the western promontory of the island, marks the northernmost extent of 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...

, an indentiation of 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...

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History

The island is characteristic for its cliffs falling to the sea from all sides, providing shelter and a breeding ground for thousands of seabirds. Together with the cliffs of Qaarsorsuaq Island

Qaarsorsuaq Island

Qaarsorsuaq Island is an uninhabited island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. At , it is one of the largest islands in the Upernavik Archipelago, located in its southern part...

 in the southern part of the archipelago, the number of birds reached millions. The cliffs were harvested for eggs starting from 1875, when the northbound migrations of Greenlanders from Upernavik reached the islands north of Tasiusaq

Tasiusaq, Qaasuitsup

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

. The eggs are occasionally harvested to this day.

Geography

Apparsuit Island is located at the northern end of Tasiusaq 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 an offlying island in the archipelago, separated from Qullikorsuit Island

Qullikorsuit Island

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

 in the east by 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, part of the old maritime route from 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...

 to Melville Bay

Melville Bay

Melville Bay , is a large bay off the coast of northwestern Greenland. Located to the north of the Upernavik Archipelago, it opens to the south-west into Baffin Bay. Its Kalaallisut name, Qimusseriarsuaq, means "the great dog sledding place"....

. The highest point is an unnamed mountain of 658 m (2,158.8 ft) in the south of the island.