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Mernoq 
Aerial view of Mernoq Island (right)
Mernoq Island (Upernavik Archipelago)Geography Location Greenland Coordinates 73°44′50″N 56°17′00″W / 73.74722°N 56.2833333°WCoordinates: 73°44′50″N 56°17′00″W / 73.74722°N 56.2833333°W Archipelago Upernavik Archipelago Length 9.7 km (6.03 mi) Country GreenlandMunicipality Qaasuitsup Mernoq Island is an uninhabited island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.
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History
With brief intervals of no permanent settlement, Mernoq Island was inhabited between 1891, when the Kuuk settlement was founded, and 1972, when it was abandoned.[1] Kuuk was perched on the southern end of the island, at the Qernertunnguaq cape.[2]
Geography
Mernoq Island is located in Tasiusaq Bay, in the north-central part of Upernavik Archipelago. It is sandwiched between Qullikorsuit Island in the north − from which it is separated by the Mernup Tunua strait − Paornivik Island in the northeast, and Tuttorqortooq Island in the southwest.[2]
The island is hilly, but not mountainous; the highest point is an unnamed hill of 386 m (1,266 ft) in the center of the island.[2]
Coastline
The coastline of the island is generally undeveloped, with two shallow, unnamed bays in the east.[2]
Promontories
Name Direction Latitude N Longitude W Mernup Erqua Northwestern Cape 73°46′20″ 56°24′50″ Nannuffik Eastern Cape 73°43′13″ 56°09′50″ Qernertunnguaq Southern Cape 73°42′20″ 56°11′40″ References
Upernavik Archipelago, Greenland Bays Fjords Eqalugaarsuit • Kangerluarsuk • Kangerlussuaq (Kangeq Peninsula) • Kangerlussuaq Icefjord • Nasaussap Saqqaa • Nuussuup Kangia • Saqqarsuaq • Sullua • Tasersuatsiaq • Upernavik IcefjordGlaciers Alanngorsuup Sermia • Cornell • Giesecke • Hayes • Illullip Sermia • Kjer • Nunatakassaup Sermia • Nunatakassaup Sermia (Tasiusaq Bay) • UpernavikHeadlands Cape Shackleton • Nuussuup Nuua • Wilcox HeadIslands Melville BayKiatassuaq • Kiataussaq • Kullorsuaq • Saarlia • SaqqarlersuaqInussulik BayIkermiut • Illoorfik • Inussullissuaq • KiatassuaqSugar Loaf BayAmitsorsuaq • Ikermiorsuaq • Itissaalik • Kittorsaq • Nasaussaq • Qullikorsuit • Sugar Loaf • TimilersuaTasiusaq BayAappilattoq • Anarusuk • Apparsuit • Ateqanngitsorsuaq • Aukarnersuaq • Horse Head • Illunnguit • Innaarsuit • Kangaarsuk • Maniitsoq • Mattaangassut • Mernoq • Naajaat • Nuuluk • Nutaarmiut • Paagussat • Paornivik • Puugutaa • Qaarsorsuatsiaq • Qallunaat • Qaneq • Qaqaarissorsuaq • Qullikorsuit • Saattorsuaq • Sisuarissut • Tasiusaq • Tussaaq • Tuttorqortooq • UigorlersuaqBaffin BayAappilattoq • Akia • Akuliaruseq • Amarortalik • Ammaussarsuaq • Atilissuaq • Iperaq • Karrat • Kingittorsuaq • Nako • Nunaa • Nutaarmiut • Qaarsorsuaq • Qasse • Qeqertaq • Qeqertarsuaq • Saattoq • Sanningassoq • Singarnaq-Annertussoq • Taartoq • Tukingassoq • Uilortussoq • UpernavikMountains/Nunataqs Akullikassaq • Anoritooq • Devil's Thumb • Inalugartuut • Inngik • Iviannernat • Kangerluarsuup Qaqqarsua • Kingittoq • Kissavaussaq • Kunngutip Qaqqaa • Naajannguaq • Naalungiussaq • Najaarsuit Qaqqat • Niaqornarsuaq • Nunatakassak • Nunatarsuaq • Nunatarsuaq (Tasiusaq Bay) • Nuniaat Qaqqarsua • Orsugissap Qaqqarsua • Paatuup Qaqqaa • Qaqqasunnarsuaq • Qassersuit • Saattup Akia • Sandersons Hope • Sisuarsuit • Toornaarsuttoq • Tunullersuaq • Tuttulikassak • Umiasussuk • Wandel LandPeninsulas Straits Akornat • Ammarqua • Appaalissiorfiup Ikerasaa • Ikerasaa • Ikerasak • Ikerasakassak • Ikerasassuaq • Qassersuit Saqqaa • Saqqarlersuup Sullua • Simiuttap Ikerasaa • TorsukattakTowns/Settlements Aappilattoq • Kangersuatsiaq • Kullorsuaq • Innaarsuit • Naajaat • Nutaarmiut • Nuussuaq • Tasiusaq • Upernavik • Upernavik KujalleqCategories:- Uninhabited islands of Greenland
- Tasiusaq Bay
- Upernavik Archipelago
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