Akuliaruseq Island (left), Eqalugaarsuit Fjord (center), and Kangeq Peninsula (right) |
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Akuliaruseq Island (Upernavik Archipelago)
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| Location | Greenland |
| Archipelago | Upernavik Archipelago |
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Greenland
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| Municipality | Qaasuitsup |
Akuliaruseq Island is an uninhabited island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.
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Akuliaruseq Island is located in the southern part of the Upernavik Archipelago, in the group between Nunavik Peninsula in the south, and Upernavik Icefjord in the north.[1]
In the west, Ammarqua Strait separates Akuliaruseq Island from Nutaarmiut Island, the largest island in the archipelago.[2] A small, unnamed channel branching to the east off Ammarqua separates the island from Nako Island in the north. In the east, the narrow Torsukattak Strait separates Akuliaruseq from Amarortalik Island.[1]
The long Eqalugaarsuit Sulluat Fjord separates the island from the large Kangeq Peninsula in the south. The southern coastline is indented by a small Puugutaata Ilua bay branching off the fjord. It is the only indentiation in the otherwise undeveloped coastline of the island.[1]
Like all larger islands in the neighborhood, Akuliaruseq Island is very mountainous. The highest point is an unnamed peak of 720 m (2,360 ft) in the western part of the island.[1] Apart from the coastal lowland isthmus in the southeast, the majority of the island is occupied by a single, flooded mountain. Another previously flooded mountain, Puugutaa, culimating in a 550 m (1,800 ft) peak is located on the other side of the low isthmus.[1]
The rocks on the island are of Precambrian origin, with Albian-Campanian sediments.[3]