Illorsuit Island
Illorsuit Island (Greenlandic: Illorsuip qeqertaat, Danish: Ubekendt Ejland) is an island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.
![]() Location of Illorsuit Island | |
Geography | |
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Location | Uummannaq Fjord |
Coordinates | 71°10′N 53°43′W |
Area | 468 km2 (181 sq mi) |
Administration | |
Greenland | |
Municipality | Qaasuitsup |
Geography
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The southern part of Illorsuit Island seen across the northeastern part of Uummannaq Fjord, from the western ridge of the Nunaarssuaq mountain on the Ukkusissat Peninsula.
The island is pear-shaped, and at 468 km2 (180.7 sq mi),[1] 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.[2]
Settlement
Illorsuit is the only settlement on the island, located on the northeastern coast of the island.
gollark: I don't think that exists. Besides, it's fine, I can have chat nodes ping each other a lot.
gollark: You would be sliiiiightly limited in message length, but apio.
gollark: Yes, I would run it over UDP.
gollark: Also, it's mostly only workable over LANs.
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References
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology Archived 2011-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
- Nuussuaq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992
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