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Sutherland Island

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Location
  
Baffin Bay, Greenland

Width
  
0.45 km (0.28 mi)

Municipality
  
Qaasuitsup

Length
  
1.5 km (0.93 mi)

Highest elevation
  
90 m (300 ft)

Population
  
uninhabited

Sutherland Island

Sutherland Island (Danish: Sutherland Ø; Greenlandic: Tigssarfik) is an island in Baffin Bay, in the Qaasuitsup municipality, off the NW shores of Greenland.

Geography

Sutherland Island is located at the southern end of Smith Sound, 5 km southeast of Cape Alexander. It is a 1.5 km long rocky sandstone island. It is surrounded by ice most of the year.

References

Sutherland Island Wikipedia