Illorsuit Island

Illorsuit
	Location of Illorsuit Island
Geography
Location	Uummannaq Fjord
Coordinates	71°10′N 53°43′W / 71.167°N 53.717°W
Area	468 km2 (181 sq mi)
Administration
	Greenland
Municipality	Qaasuitsup

Illorsuit Island (Greenlandic: Illorsuip qeqertaat, Danish: Ubekendt Ejland) is an island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.

Geography

The southern part of Illorsuit Island seen across the northeastern part of Uummannaq Fjord, from the western ridge of the Nunaarssuaq mountain on the Ukkusissat Peninsula.

The island is pear-shaped, and at 468 km² (180.7 sq mi),^[1] it is the second-largest island in the Uummannaq Fjord system, located to the east of its mouth, between Sigguup Nunaa peninsula in the north and Nuussuaq Peninsula in the south.^[2]

Settlement

Illorsuit is the only settlement on the island, located on the northeastern coast of the island.

References

^ Norwegian University of Science and Technology Archived 2011-06-15 at the Wayback Machine
^ Nuussuaq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992

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[ntnu-1] Norwegian University of Science and Technology Archived 2011-06-15 at the Wayback Machine

[saga-2] Nuussuaq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992

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