Aerial view of Kingittorsuaq Island |
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Kingittorsuaq Island (Upernavik Archipelago)
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| Location | Greenland |
| Archipelago | Upernavik Archipelago |
| Length | 3.7 km (2.3 mi) |
| Width | 2.7 km (1.68 mi) |
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Greenland
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| Municipality | Qaasuitsup |
Kingittorsuaq Island (old spelling: Kingigtorssuaq) is a small, uninhabited island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. It is a small island in the southern part of the Upernavik Archipelago, located on the southwestern shores of Upernavik Icefjord, near the mouth of the latter where it opens into Baffin Bay.[1] The name of the island means "a large protruding rock" in the Greenlandic language.
The Kingittorsuaq runestone (old spelling: Kingigtorssuaq runestone) dating from the Middle Ages[2] was found in 1824 on the highest pooint of the island, in a group of three cairns forming an equilateral triangle. The stone is now located at the National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen.