Uigorlersuaq Island

Uigorlersuaq
Geography
Uigorlersuaq
Location	Greenland
Coordinates	73°24′45″N 56°12′00″W / 73.41250°N 56.20000°W / 73.41250; -56.20000Coordinates: 73°24′45″N 56°12′00″W / 73.41250°N 56.20000°W / 73.41250; -56.20000
Archipelago	Upernavik Archipelago
Administration
Greenland
Municipality	Qaasuitsup

Uigorlersuaq Island (old spelling: Uigordlerssuaq) is an uninhabited island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.

Geography

Uigorlersuaq Island is located in the outer belt of islands in Tasiusaq Bay, in the central part of Upernavik Archipelago. In the northwest, it is separated from a smaller Uigorle Island by the inner waterways of the bay. In the southeast, Ikerasak Strait separates it from Tasiusaq Island and Paagussat Island.^[1] It is one of the low-lying islands buffering Tasiusaq Island from the west. The highest point on the island is an unnamed 250 m (820 ft) peak in the northern part of the island.^[1]

References

1 2 Upernavik, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992

Upernavik Archipelago, Greenland

Bays

Fjords

Glaciers

Headlands

Islands

Melville Bay	Kiatassuaq Kiataussaq Kullorsuaq Saarlia Saqqarlersuaq

Inussulik Bay	Ikermiut Illoorfik Inussullissuaq Kiatassuaq

Sugar Loaf Bay	Amitsorsuaq Ikermiorsuaq Itissaalik Kittorsaq Nasaussaq Qeqertarsuaq (Kangerlussuaq Icefjord) Qeqertarsuaq (Nasaussap Saqqaa) Qullikorsuit Sugar Loaf Timilersua

Tasiusaq Bay	Aappilattoq Anarusuk Apparsuit Ateqanngitsorsuaq Aukarnersuaq Horse Head Illunnguit Innaarsuit Kangaarsuk Maniitsoq Mattaangassut Mernoq Naajaat Nuuluk Nutaarmiut Paagussat Paornivik Puugutaa Qaarsorsuatsiaq Qallunaat Qaneq Qaqaarissorsuaq Qullikorsuit Saattorsuaq Sisuarissut Tasiusaq Tussaaq Tuttorqortooq Uigorlersuaq

Baffin Bay	Aappilattoq Akia Akuliaruseq Amarortalik Ammaussarsuaq Atilissuaq Iperaq Karrat Kingittorsuaq Nako Nunaa Nutaarmiut Qaarsorsuaq Qasse Qeqertaq Qeqertarsuaq Saattoq Sanningassoq Singarnaq-Annertussoq Taartoq Tukingassoq Uilortussoq Upernavik

Mountains/Nunataqs

Peninsulas

Straits

Towns/Settlements

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