Qaqaarissorsuaq 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...

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Geography

The egg-shaped Qaqaarissorsuaq 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 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...

. The inner waterways of the bay separate it from the surrounding islands: Ateganngitsorsuaq Island in the southwest, Tasiusaq Island

Tasiusaq Island

Tasiusaq Island is an island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland, home to the Tasiusaq settlement.- Geography :...

 in the west through the Simiuttap Ikerasaa

Simiuttap Ikerasaa

Simiuttap Ikerasaa is a strait in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.- Geography :The strait is located in central Tasiusaq Bay. With a small Simiutaq skerry in the middle, the strait separates Tasiusaq Island in the west, from the mountainous Qaqaarissorsuaq Island in the...

 strait, Anarusuk Island

Anarusuk Island

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

 in the north, Aukarnersuaq Island

Aukarnersuaq Island

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

in the northeast, and small islands and skerries in the south and southeast.

The island has an undeveloped shoreline. It is mountainous throughout, with a large lake occupying the central plateau at 230 m (754.6 ft). The highest point on the island is an unnamed 590 m (1,935.7 ft) peak in the north.