Qeqertarsuaq, also known as Qeqertaq meaning just "Island", is an island in Avannaata municipality, near Upernavik, in northwestern Greenland. It is located...
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the island. Later, in 1805 the venture was abandoned, along with the island. After the Gunboat War ended in 1814, twelve people lived in Qeqertaq again...
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main island and one of the 100 largest islands in the world. The island's Greenlandic name Qeqertarsuaq means The Large Island (from qeqertaq = island)....
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Qeqertaq Avannarleq (Greenlandic for 'the northernmost island') is an unofficial name of what was thought to be a previously uncharted island in the Arctic...
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Upernavik, is an island settlement in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. Founded in 1855 as a trading station on Qeqertaq Island, the settlement...
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Qassimiut Islands Qeertartivaq Qeertartivatsiaq Qeqertaq Qeqertaq Avannarleq Qeqertarssdaq Qeqertarsuaq Island (Nuuk) Qeqertarsuaq (Disko Island) Qeqertarsuaq...
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Uunartoq Qeqertaq (Greenlandic), Warming Island in English, is an island off the east central coast of Greenland, 550 kilometres (342 miles) north of...
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Northernmost point of land (redirect from Northernmost island)
on August 28, 2021. Retrieved August 28, 2021. "Will the discovery of 'Qeqertaq Avannarleq' rekindle the game of one-upmanship among the Arctic countries...
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Ymer Island. The summit of Snehaetten is the highest point of the Qeqertaq Island. The summit of Azimuthbjerg is the highest point of the island of Skjoldungen...
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Akuliarusinnguaq bay, bounded to the north by Qeqertaq island, one of several islands with that name − 'qeqertaq' means 'island' in Greenlandic. Further to the east...
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years. Ilulissat (Jakobshavn) Ilimanaq (Claushavn) Oqaatsut (Rodebay) Qeqertaq (Øen) Saqqaq (Solsiden) Qaanaaq (Thule) Qeqertat Savissivik Siorapaluk...
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retreat, or other mechanisms. One of the most famous new volcanic islands is the small island of Surtsey, located in the Atlantic Ocean south of Iceland. It...
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This is a list of the islands of Greenland by area. It includes all islands in Greenland greater than 100 km2 (39 sq mi), sorted in descending order by...
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Greenland (redirect from Island of Greenland)
existence of a new island was announced. Named "Uunartoq Qeqertaq" (English: Warming Island), this island has always been present off the coast of Greenland...
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Volcano is the highest point of Unalaska Island. The summit of Snehaetten is the highest point of the Qeqertaq Island. The summit of Great Sitkin Volcano is...
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in Greenland. The summit of Snehaetten is the highest point of the Qeqertaq Island. Agdleruussakasit is the southernmost summit of its elevation in Greenland...
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Oodaaq (redirect from Oodaaq island)
8 ft). The scientists proposed the island be called "Qeqertaq Avannarleq", Greenlandic for "the northernmost island". Rene Forsberg, head of geodynamics...
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the North American Plate. If non-permanent islands are included, then the northernmost point is Qeqertaq Avannarleq. If Greenland is excluded from North...
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Qeqertaq Heliport (IATA: PQT, ICAO: BGQE) is a heliport in Qeqertaq, a village on an island off the shore of the Nuussuaq Peninsula in Avannaata municipality...
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Qeqertarsuaq (disambiguation) (section Islands)
(Upernavik), also known as Qeqertaq Qeqertarsuaq Island (Upernavik Icefjord) Qeqertarsuaq Island (Nasaussap Saqqaa) Qeqertarsuaq Island (Kangerlussuaq Icefjord)...
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Snehaetten is the highest point of the Qeqertaq Island. The summit of Azimuthbjerg is the highest point of the island of Skjoldungen. The summit of Svedenborg...
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Qeqertarsuaq (category Disko Island)
area of Disko Island and its satellite islands (mainly Qeqertarsuatsiaq Island 11 km (7 mi) northwest of the northern coast and Qeqertaq on the southwest...
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village around 1960. The closest populated settlements are Qeqertaq to the northeast, on an island off the Nuussuaq Peninsula, and Oqaatsut to the southeast...
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Arctic Circle in eastern Greenland which he named Uunartoq Qeqertaq, Inuit for "warming island". In the Arctic, temperatures are rising faster than anywhere...
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Upernavik Archipelago (section Islands)
Melville Bay. Nutaarmiut Island is the largest in the archipelago, followed by Maniitsoq and Qeqertaq. These are some of the islands of the group: Aappilattoq...
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Arctic Circle in eastern Greenland which he named Uunartoq Qeqertaq, Inuit for "warming island". In the Arctic, temperatures are rising faster than anywhere...
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Qikiqtaaluk. Ilulissat (Jakobshavn) Ilimanaq (Claushavn) Oqaatsut (Rodebay) Qeqertaq (Øen) Saqqaq (Solsiden) Qaanaaq (Thule) Qeqertat Savissivik Siorapaluk...
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Stray Dog West (category Uninhabited islands of Greenland)
submerged at high tide. Kaffeklubben Island Northernmost point of land Qeqertaq Avannarleq "The traveller trying to change the world". February 20, 2017...
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eastern coast of Alluttoq Island, approximately 60 km (37 mi) to the north of Ilulissat and 30 km (19 mi) to the southeast of Qeqertaq. The settlement was abandoned...
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Horse Head Island (Greenlandic: Appalersalik, old spelling: Agpalersalik) is an uninhabited island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland...
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