Sutherland Island

Sutherland Island
Native name: <span class="nickname" ">Tigssarfik
Sutherland Island
Geography
Location Baffin Bay, Greenland
Coordinates 78°09′N 72°54′W / 78.15°N 72.9°W / 78.15; -72.9Coordinates: 78°09′N 72°54′W / 78.15°N 72.9°W / 78.15; -72.9
Length 1.5 km (0.93 mi)
Width 0.45 km (0.28 mi)
Highest elevation 90 m (300 ft)
Administration
Greenland
Municipality Qaasuitsup
Demographics
Population uninhabited

Sutherland Island (Danish: Sutherland Ø; Greenlandic: Tigssarfik) is an island in Baffin Bay, in the Qaasuitsup municipality, off the NW shores of Greenland.

Geography

Sutherland Island is located at the southern end of Smith Sound, 5 km southeast of Cape Alexander.[1] It is a 1.5 km long rocky sandstone island. It is surrounded by ice most of the year.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. "Sutherland Ø". Mapcarta. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  2. Sutherland Island, Greenland
  3. Sailing Directions (Enroute): Greenland and Iceland (PDF; 5,4 MB), Pub. 181, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Springfield, Virginia, 2010, p. 90.
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