Anarusuk Island

Anarusuk Island is an uninhabited island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland.

Anarusuk
Anarusuk is located in Greenland
Anarusuk
Anarusuk
Geography
LocationGreenland
Coordinates73°28′N 55°38′W
ArchipelagoUpernavik Archipelago
Area75 km2 (29 sq mi)
Length16.4 km (10.19 mi)
Width14.2 km (8.82 mi)
Administration
Greenland
MunicipalityAvannaata

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 separates it from Giesecke Glacier on the mainland of Greenland.[1]

The island is separated from Nuuluk Island in the northwest by a small Ikerasaarsuk channel, from Aappilattoq Island in the west by a small channel of the same name, and by the inner waterways of Tasiusaq Bay from Aukarnersuaq Island in the southeast and Qaqaarissorsuaq Island in the south.[1]

Coastline

The coastline of the island is developed, with many inlets indenting the coastline in the west.[1]

Promontories

NameDirectionLatitude NLongitude W
NaajakassaitNorthern Cape73°31′30″55°49′30″
AappilattuinnakassakSouthern Cape73°22′40″55°34′50″
TulukkatNorthwestern Cape73°30′17″55°53′45″

References

  1. Upernavik, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992
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