Hakluyt Island

Island in Baffin Bay
77°23′N 71°56′W / 77.383°N 71.933°W / 77.383; -71.933Area6.55 km2 (2.53 sq mi)Highest elevation400 m (1300 ft)Highest pointNalungiussaqAdministration
Greenland
MunicipalityAvannaataDemographicsPopulation0 (2023)Pop. density0/km2 (0/sq mi)Ethnic groupsnone

Hakluyt Island (Greenlandic: Appasuak, Danish: Hakluyt Ø) is an island in Baffin Bay, in Avannaata municipality, off northwest Greenland.[1]

Geography

Hakluyt Island lies off the western shore of Kiatak (Northumberland Island). It is part of a small group of coastal islands formed by Kiatak, Herbert Island and Hakluyt Island, Hakluyt being the smallest of the three.[2] Aligned from east to west, the islands lie off the Inglefield Fjord, between the Murchison Sound to the north and the Hvalsund to the south.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Hakluyt Island, Greenland". Archived from the original on 2017-05-11. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  2. ^ 1:1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart, Sheet B-8, 3rd edition
  3. ^ "Inglefield Bredning". Mapcarta. Retrieved 26 March 2019.


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