Itissaalik Island
Itissaalik Island (old spelling: Itivsâlik) is a small, uninhabited island located in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland.
History
Itissaalik Island was inhabited, although not continuously. Between 1904 and 1909, a small settlement of the same name (also spelled Itussaalik) was established on the island. It was repopulated again in 1911, and finally abandoned in 1957, during the post-war consolidation phase in northwestern Greenland.[1]
Geography
Itissaalik Island is located in the northern part of Upernavik Archipelago, in the northern part of Sugar Loaf Bay, an indentation of Baffin Bay.[2] The island is part of a chain of small islands off the southern coast of Nuussuaq Peninsula. Other islands in the chain include Sugar Loaf Island, Timilersua Island, and Saarlia to the southwest of Itissaalik − and Paornarqortuut and Inussulikassak to the northeast.[2] The closest settlement is Nuussuaq, approximately 10 km (6.2 mi) to the west-north-west of the island.
References
- ^ 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. 106, 108. ISBN 978-87-635-1261-9.
- ^ a b Upernavik Avannarleq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992
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- Alison
- Baffin
- Inussulik
- Melville
- Qeqertaussap Iterlaa
- Sugar Loaf
- Tasiusaq
- Eqalugaarsuit
- Kangerluarsuk
- Kangerlussuaq (Kangeq Peninsula)
- Kangerlussuaq Icefjord
- Nasaussap Saqqaa
- Nuussuup Kangia
- Saqqarsuaq
- Sullua
- Upernavik Icefjord
- Alanngorsuup Sermia
- Cornell
- Giesecke
- Hayes
- Illullip Sermia
- Kjer
- Nunatakassaup Sermia
- Nunatakassaup Sermia (Tasiusaq Bay)
- Upernavik
Melville Bay | |
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Inussulik Bay | |
Sugar Loaf Bay |
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Tasiusaq Bay |
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Baffin Bay |
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- Akullikassaq
- Anoritooq
- Devil's Thumb
- Inalugartuut
- Inngik
- Iviannernat
- Kangerluarsuup Qaqqarsua
- Kingittoq
- Kissavaussaq
- Kunngutip Qaqqaa
- Naajannguaq
- Naalungiussaq
- Najaarsuit Qaqqat
- Niaqornarsuaq
- Nunatakassak
- Nunatarsuaq
- Nunatarsuaq (Tasiusaq Bay)
- Nuniaat Qaqqarsua
- Orsugissap Qaqqarsua
- Paatuup Qaqqaa
- Qaqqasunnarsuaq
- Qassersuit
- Saattup Akia
- Sandersons Hope
- Toornaarsuttoq
- Tunullersuaq
- Tuttulikassak
- Umiasussuk
- Wandel Land