Aakkarnersuaq
| Aakkarnersuaq | ||
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| Waters | Tasiusaq Bay , Baffin Bay , Atlantic Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Upernavik archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 73 ° 22 ′ N , 55 ° 34 ′ W | |
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| Highest elevation | 450 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Aakkarnersuaq (according to the old spelling Áukarnerssuaĸ , German large current-related hole ) is an uninhabited island in the district of Upernavik in Avannaata Kommunia , Greenland .
geography
Aakkarnersuaq is located in Tasiusaq Bay in the north-central part of the Upernavik archipelago , on the banks of the Qaaneq fjord , the innermost area of the Kangerlussuaq fjord .
The waterways of Tasiusaqbucht split Aakkarnersuaq from the island Qoqaarissorsuaq in the southwest and Anarusuk from the northwest.
The highest point is an unnamed mountain with a height of 450 m in the southern part of the island.