Saattorsuaq Island
Island in Avannaata, Greenland
73°30′50″N 56°07′00″W / 73.51389°N 56.11667°W / 73.51389; -56.11667Greenland
Saattorsuaq Island (old spelling: Sâtorssuaq) is a small, uninhabited island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland.
History
The island was inhabited between 1881 and 1957, when a small Saattoq village of several families was scattered between the island, and the Saattoq skerry just off the northern coast.[1]
Geography
Saattorsuaq Island is located in Tasiusaq Bay, in the north-central part of Upernavik Archipelago. The island is separated from Nuuluk Island in the northeast, Aappilattoq Island in the southwest, Nutaarmiut Island in the west, and Qallunaat Island in the northwest by the inner waterways of Tasiusaq Bay.[2]
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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
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