Mattaangassut Island
Encyclopedia
Mattaangassut Island is an uninhabited island
in the Qaasuitsup
municipality in northwestern Greenland
.
, in the north-central part of Upernavik Archipelago
. It is separated from Nutaarmiut Island
in the southeast by a narrow Ikerasakassak strait, and from Qallunaat Island
in the east by the waterways of Tasiusaq Bay.
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
Mattaangassut Island is located in Tasiusaq BayTasiusaq 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...
. It is separated from Nutaarmiut Island
Nutaarmiut Island (Tasiusaq Bay)
Nutaarmiut Island is an island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.- Geography :Nutaarmiut Island is located in Tasiusaq Bay, in the north-central part of Upernavik Archipelago...
in the southeast by a narrow Ikerasakassak strait, and from Qallunaat Island
Qallunaat Island
Qallunaat Island is an uninhabited island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.- History :Qallunaat Island was briefly inhabited between 1898, when the Sarfaq settlement was founded, and 1919, when it was abandoned...
in the east by the waterways of Tasiusaq Bay.