Paornivik Island

Paornivik
Paornivik Island (Greenland)
Geography
Location Greenland
Coordinates 73°47′N 56°04′W / 73.783°N 56.067°W / 73.783; -56.067Coordinates: 73°47′N 56°04′W / 73.783°N 56.067°W / 73.783; -56.067
Archipelago Upernavik Archipelago
Administration
Greenland
Municipality Qaasuitsup

Paornivik Island is an uninhabited island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.

Geography

The horseshoe-shaped Paornivik Island is located in Tasiusaq Bay, in the north-central part of Upernavik Archipelago. It is sandwiched between Qullikorsuit Island in the north − from which it is separated by the narrow Paorniviup Tunua strait − and Mernoq Island in the southwest. To the east, inner waterways of Tasiusaq Bay separate it from an unnamed nunatak on the mainland of Greenland.[1]

See also

References

  1. Upernavik Avannarleq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992


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