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Salliaruseq Island

Island in Greenland

Field	Value
name	Salliaruseq
image_name	Sketchmap-greenland-salliaruseq-island.svg
image_size	300
image_caption	Location of Salliaruseq Island
location	Uummannaq Fjord
coordinates
area_km2	130
length_km	20.5
width_km	9.6
coastline_km	53.5
highest_mount	Inussugtalik
elevation_m	1418
country	Greenland
country_admin_divisions_title	Municipality
country_admin_divisions	Avannaata

Salliaruseq Island (old spelling: Sagdliaruseq, , translated: The-big-island) is an uninhabited island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. At 130 km2, it is one of the larger islands in the Uummannaq Fjord system, located in its central part due east of Uummannaq Island.

Air Greenland helicopters approach Uummannaq Heliport on the way from Qaarsut Airport alongside the western wall of Salliaruseq, first converging to the island, to then turn 90 degrees to the west due to winds in the Assorput Strait.

Geography

Western wall seen from the Nuussuatsiaq promontory at the base of the eastern wall of Uummannaq mountain

Salliaruseq is separated from the Uummannaq Island in the west by the Assorput Strait; from Appat Island and Saattut archipelago in the north by the central arm of Uummannaq Fjord; from the Qaqullussuit Peninsula jutting off the mainland in the east by Alaanguarqap Suullua strait; from the Ikerasak and Talerua islands in the southeast by the southern arm of the central Uummannaq Fjord, and from the Nuussuaq Peninsula in the south by the Sarqarput Strait.

It is very mountainous, with precipitous walls falling from the summit plateau (Qollortoq) to the south (Ujarassuaq), west (Innarsuaq), and north (Alaanguaraq). The highest point on the island is Inussugtalik (1418 m) above the northern wall. The next highest point in the vicinity of the island is the Uummannaq Mountain on the western side of the Assorput Strait.

Promontories

Name	Direction	Latitude N	Longitude W
Qillorfik	Western Cape	70°40′22″	51°56′04″
Qingaarsuaq	Northwestern Cape	70°43′42″	51°55′20″
Pamiallua	Eastern Cape	70°39′44″	51°25′10″
Ujarassuaq	Southern Cape	70°39′05″	51°49′55″

Photographs

File:Uummannaq-Salliaruseq.jpg|Salliaruseq, a landmark of Uummannaq File:Salliaruseq.jpg|Salliaruseq File:Salliaruseq-uummannaq-aerial.jpg|Aerial view of Salliaruseq Island and Uummannaq, photographed from Air Greenland Bell 212 helicopter during Uummannaq-Qaarsut flight File:Salliaruseq-qingaarssuaq.jpg|Qingaarsuaq, the northwestern cape and pillar, a breeding site for thousands of fulmars

References

[http://www.ntnu.no/ub/formidl/utgivelser/til_opplysning/to_nr15.php Norwegian University of Science and Technology] {{webarchive. link. (2011-06-15)
[http://www.kanukoka.gl/kl/kommunini_suliassaqarfiit/teknikki_avatangiisillu/pinngortitaq_uumasuilu/qimmeqarneq_qitsuuteqarnerlu/qimmeqarnermut_qitsuuteqarnermullu_ileqqoreqqusat/ummannap_kommunia kanukoka.gl] {{webarchive. link. (2011-07-21)
Nuussuaq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992
1. 1. Uummannaq Tourist Service]

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