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Illorsuit Island

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Location
  
Uummannaq Fjord

Municipality
  
Qaasuitsup

Area
  
468 kmĀ²

Illorsuit Island

Illorsuit Island (Greenlandic: Illorsuip qeqertaat, Danish: Ubekendt Ejland) is an island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.

Contents

Map of Illorsuit, Greenland

Geography

The island is pear-shaped, and at 468 km2 (180.7 sq mi), it is the second-largest island in the Uummannaq Fjord system, located to the east of its mouth, between Sigguup Nunaa peninsula in the north and Nuussuaq Peninsula in the south.

Settlement

Illorsuit is the only settlement on the island, located on the northeastern coast of the island.

References

Illorsuit Island Wikipedia