Queen Louise Island
| Native name: <span class="nickname" ">Kissarsiitilik | |
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| Geography | |
| Location |
North Atlantic Ocean Southern Greenland |
| Coordinates | 60°22′N 43°16′W / 60.367°N 43.267°WCoordinates: 60°22′N 43°16′W / 60.367°N 43.267°W |
| Highest elevation | 781 m (2,562 ft) |
| Highest point | Nuussuaq |
| Administration | |
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Greenland | |
| Municipality | Kujalleq |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
Queen Louise Island (Danish: Dronning Louise Ø) or Kissarsiitilik[1] is an uninhabited island in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland.
Geography
Queen Louise Island is a coastal island located off King Frederick VI Coast in southeastern Greenland between two narrow fjords on the southern side of the mouth of Lindenow Fjord.[2] Its length is 14 kilometres (9 miles) and its maximum width 5 kilometres (3 miles).
Queen Louise Island is mountainous, Nuussuaq the tallest of its three main peaks reaching 781 metres (2,562 feet) in height. The island's coast is deeply indented and off its easternmost point lies the smaller island of Kanajoorartuut. Nanûseq Island lies 7.7 km to the north, on the other side of the mouth of Lindenow Fjord.[3]
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