Innaarsuit Island is an 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...

, home to the Innaarsuit

Innaarsuit

Innaarsuit is an island settlement in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. Located on an island of the same name, the settlement had 161 inhabitants in 2010.- Upernavik Archipelago :...

 settlement.

Geography

Innaarsuit Island is located in the outer belt of islands 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 south-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...

. In the north, it is separated from sibling Ateqanngitsorsuaq Island

Ateqanngitsorsuaq Island

Ateqanngitsorsuaq Island is an uninhabited island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.- Geography :...

 by a very narrow channel. The island is hilly, but not mountainous, with Saattup Akia

Saattup Akia

Saattup Akia is a mountain of Greenland. It is located in the Upernavik Archipelago. It is the highest point on Innaarsuit Island, at 310 meters ....

 mountain the highest point on the island, at 310 m (1,017.1 ft). The inner waterways of Tasiusaq Bay separate it from the small Naajaat Island

Naajaat Island

Naajaat Island is a small island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland, home to the Naajaat settlement.- Geography :...

 in the east, and from Qaarsorsuatsiaq Island

Qaarsorsuatsiaq Island

Qaarsorsuatsiaq Island is an island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.- Geography :...

 in the west. Several 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....

 buffer the southern coast of the island.

The coastline of Innaarsuit Island is developed, with several small inlets indenting the shore in the east, west, and northwest. The Innaarsuit settlement is located near the mouth of one of the inlets, in the northwestern part of the island. The island is nearly split in half in the center, with only a narrow isthmus

Isthmus

An isthmus is a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas usually with waterforms on either side.Canals are often built through isthmuses where they may be particularly advantageous to create a shortcut for marine transportation...

joining the southern and northern halves.