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Kittorsaq Island

Island in Avannaata, Greenland

Field	Value
name	Kittorsaq
image_name	Kittorsaq.jpg
image_size	300px
image_caption	Aerial view of Kittorsaq Island
map	Greenland
archipelago	Upernavik Archipelago
location	Greenland
coordinates
country	Greenland
country_admin_divisions_title	Municipality
country_admin_divisions	Avannaata

Kittorsaq Island (old spelling: Kigtorsaq) is an uninhabited island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. It is located in the northern part of Upernavik Archipelago.

Geography

Kittorsaq Island is located in the north-central part of the Upernavik Archipelago, in the group between Kangerlussuaq Icefjord in the south, and Nuussuaq Peninsula in the north. Together with Qullikorsuit Island, it defines the southern boundary of the Sugar Loaf Bay.

The waters around the island are those of Baffin Bay in the west and south, and Sugar Loaf Bay in the north. The only other island in the vicinity of Kittorsaq is a much larger Qullikorsuit Island, from which it is separated by a narrow strait near the mouth of the Nasaussap Saqqaa fjord.

The island is hilly, but not mountainous, due to its narrowness and wormlike shape. The highest point is an unnamed hill of 151 m. The island is sometimes used as a stopover on the marine route from Nuussuaq to Tasiusaq, and further south to Upernavik.

References

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

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