Puugutaa

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Puugutaa
Waters Tasiusaq Bay , Baffin Bay , Atlantic Ocean
Archipelago Upernavik archipelago
Geographical location 73 ° 0 ′  N , 55 ° 30 ′  W Coordinates: 73 ° 0 ′  N , 55 ° 30 ′  W
Puugutaa (Greenland)
Puugutaa
length 10.6 km
width 11.1 km
surface 71 km²
Highest elevation 363  m
Residents uninhabited

Puugutaa (according to the old spelling Pûgutâ , German for  his dishes ) is an uninhabited island in the Upernavik district in Avannaata Kommunia , Greenland with a height of 363 m.

The island belongs to the Upernavik Archipelago and is located in Tasiusaq Bay .

geography

Puugutaa is located six kilometers northeast of Aapparsuaq , nine kilometers southeast of Sisuarissut and north of the Upernavik Icefjord .

climate

The annual mean temperature is −9 ° C. The highest average temperature is in July with 8 ° C, the lowest in March with −20 ° C.

Individual evidence

  1. Puugutaa near Mapcarta
  2. ^ Upernavik , Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992