Nutaarmiut (island)

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Nutaarmiut
The only settlement on the island (Nutaarmiut)
The only settlement on the island ( Nutaarmiut )
Waters Baffin Bay , Atlantic Ocean
Archipelago Upernavik archipelago
Geographical location 73 ° 31 ′  N , 56 ° 31 ′  W Coordinates: 73 ° 31 ′  N , 56 ° 31 ′  W
Nutaarmiut (island) (Greenland)
Nutaarmiut (island)
surface 1.51 km²dep1
Residents 38
main place Nutaarmiut

Nutaarmiut (according to the old spelling Nutârmiut , German  The people in the new place ) is an island in the district of Upernavik in Avannaata Kommunia , Greenland .

geography

The island is located in Tasiusaq Bay in the north of the Upernavik Archipelago . It is separated to the northwest from Mattaangasut Island and to the north from Qallunaat Island by the Tasiusaq Bay waterways.

Settlements

The only settlement on the island is Nutaarmiut , with only 38 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) it is also the smallest settlement in the archipelago. It is located in the eastern part of the island.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Upernavik , Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992