Length 8.3 km (5.16 mi) Municipality Qaasuitsup | Width 3.7 km (2.3 mi) Archipelago Upernavik Archipelago | |
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Location Melville Bay, Greenland | ||
Kiataussaq Island (Danish: Amdrup Ø) is an uninhabited island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.
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Map of Kiataussaq Island, Greenland
Geography
Kiataussaq Island is the last island of any size in the northernmost part of Upernavik Archipelago, located approximately 8.5 km (5.3 mi) to the west of the Nunatarsuaq nunataq on the mainland of Greenland. To the north of the island, only small skerries of diminishing size dot the surface of southern Melville Bay. The island is rocky, culminating in an unnamed 420 m (1,380 ft) peak in the western part of the island.
Skerries
Kiataussaq Island is surrounded by several skerries in the north and west: collectively known as Kiataussaq Skerries (Greenlandic: Kiataussap Qeqertarsue, Danish: Bluhme øer):
References
Kiataussaq Island Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA