Ikermiorsuaq Island
Encyclopedia
Ikermiorsuaq Island is an uninhabited island
in the Qaasuitsup
municipality in northwestern Greenland
.
, in the center of Sugar Loaf Bay
, an indentiation of Baffin Bay
, halfway between a chain of small islands off the southern coast of Nuussuaq Peninsula
in the northwest, and Nasaussaq Island
in the southeast, at the mouth of Nasaussap Saqqaa
fjord.
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
Ikermiorsuaq Island is located in the northern part of Upernavik ArchipelagoUpernavik 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 center of 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...
, 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...
, halfway between a chain of small islands off the southern coast of 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 northwest, and Nasaussaq Island
Nasaussaq Island
Nasaussaq Island is a small, uninhabited island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.- Geography :Nasaussaq Island is located in the north-central part of Upernavik Archipelago, in the inner part of Sugar Loaf Bay, an indentiation of Baffin Bay, at the mouth of Nasaussap Saqqaa...
in the southeast, at the mouth of Nasaussap Saqqaa
Nasaussap Saqqaa
Nasaussap Saqqaa is a fjord in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.- Geography :The long fjord is an inlet of Sugar Loaf Bay, flowing to the west-north-west between Qullikorsuit Island in the southwest, and the Amitsorsuaq and Nasaussaq islands in the north...
fjord.