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Mernoq Island

Island in Avannaata, Greenland

Field	Value
name	Mernoq
image_name	Mernoq.jpg
image_size	300px
image_caption	Aerial view of Mernoq Island (right)
map	Greenland
archipelago	Upernavik Archipelago
location	Greenland
coordinates
length_km	9.7
country	Greenland
country_admin_divisions_title	Municipality
country_admin_divisions	Avannaata

Mernoq Island is an uninhabited island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland.

History

With brief intervals of no permanent settlement, Mernoq Island was inhabited between 1891, when the Kuuk settlement was founded, and 1972, when it was abandoned. Kuuk was perched on the southern end of the island, at the Qernertunnguaq cape.

Geography

Mernoq Island is located in Tasiusaq Bay, in the north-central part of Upernavik Archipelago. It is sandwiched between Qullikorsuit Island in the north − from which it is separated by the Mernup Tunua strait − Paornivik Island in the northeast, and Tuttorqortooq Island in the southwest.

The island is hilly, but not mountainous; the highest point is an unnamed hill of 386 m in the center of the island.

Coastline

The coastline of the island is generally undeveloped, with two shallow, unnamed bays in the east.

Promontories

Name	Direction	Latitude N	Longitude W
Mernup Erqua	Northwestern Cape	73°46′20″	56°24′50″
Nannuffik	Eastern Cape	73°43′13″	56°09′50″
Qernertunnguaq	Southern Cape	73°42′20″	56°11′40″

References

Petersen, Robert. (2003). "Settlements, kinship and hunting grounds in traditional Greenland: A comparative study of local experiences from Upernavik and Ammassalik". Danish Polar Center.
''Upernavik Avannarleq'', Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992

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