Saattorsuaq Island

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

Saattorsuaq Island (old spelling: Sâtorssuaq) is a small, uninhabited island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.

History

The island was inhabited between 1881 and 1957, when a small Saattoq village of several families was scattered between the island, and the Saattoq skerry just off the northern coast.[1]

Geography

Saattorsuaq Island is located in Tasiusaq Bay, in the north-central part of Upernavik Archipelago. The island is separated from Nuuluk Island in the northeast, Aappilattoq Island in the southwest, Nutaarmiut Island in the west, and Qallunaat Island in the northwest by the inner waterways of Tasiusaq Bay.[2]

References

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  2. Upernavik, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992