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Kiataussaq Island

Island in Greenland

Field	Value
name	Kiataussaq
map	Greenland
archipelago	Upernavik Archipelago
location	Melville Bay, Greenland
coordinates
length_km	8.3
width_km	3.7
country	Greenland
country_admin_divisions_title	Municipality
country_admin_divisions	Avannaata

Kiataussaq Island () is an uninhabited island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland.

Geography

Kiataussaq Island is the northernmost island of any size in the northernmost part of Upernavik Archipelago, located approximately 8.5 km 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 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 (, ):

Qaarusulik ()
Qeqertannguit
Natsiarsiorfik
Nanotralikassak
Qilalukiarfik
Uvingassoq
Qamutikassait

References

''Upernavik Avannarleq'', Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992
''Qimmsseriarsuaq'', Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992

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