Horse Head Island

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Horse Head
Horse Head Island is located in Greenland
Horse Head Island
Horse Head Island (Greenland)
Geography
Location Greenland
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Archipelago Upernavik Archipelago
Country
Greenland
Municipality Qaasuitsup

Horse Head Island (Greenlandic: Appalersalik, old spelling: Agpalersalik) is an uninhabited island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.

Geography

Horse Head Island is an outlying island in Tasiusaq Bay, an indentiation of Baffin Bay in the north-central part of Upernavik Archipelago. The closest island is Tuttorqortooq Island in the east.[1]

References

  1. Upernavik, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992