Mernoq Island

Mernoq
	Aerial view of Mernoq Island (right)
	Mernoq
Geography
Location	Greenland
Coordinates	73°44′50″N 56°17′00″W / 73.74722°N 56.28333°W
Archipelago	Upernavik Archipelago
Length	9.7 km (6.03 mi)
Administration
	Greenland
Municipality	Avannaata

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

History[edit]

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.^[1] Kuuk was perched on the southern end of the island, at the Qernertunnguaq cape.^[2]

Geography[edit]

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.^[2]

The island is hilly, but not mountainous; the highest point is an unnamed hill of 386 m (1,266 ft) in the center of the island.^[2]

Coastline[edit]

The coastline of the island is generally undeveloped, with two shallow, unnamed bays in the east.^[2]

Promontories[edit]

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[edit]

^ Petersen, Robert (2003). Settlements, kinship and hunting grounds in traditional Greenland: A comparative study of local experiences from Upernavik and Ammassalik. Danish Polar Center. pp. 105, 107. ISBN 978-87-635-1261-9.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Upernavik Avannarleq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992

[1] Petersen, Robert (2003). Settlements, kinship and hunting grounds in traditional Greenland: A comparative study of local experiences from Upernavik and Ammassalik. Danish Polar Center. pp. 105, 107. ISBN 978-87-635-1261-9.

[saga-2] Upernavik Avannarleq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992

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