Horse Head Island

Uninhabited island in northwestern Greenland
73°37′50″N 57°01′20″W / 73.63056°N 57.02222°W / 73.63056; -57.02222ArchipelagoUpernavik ArchipelagoAdministration
Greenland
MunicipalityAvannaata

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

Geography

Horse Head Island is an outlying island in Tasiusaq Bay, an indentation 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
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Upernavik Archipelago, Greenland
Bays
  • Alison
  • Baffin
  • Inussulik
  • Melville
  • Qeqertaussap Iterlaa
  • Sugar Loaf
  • Tasiusaq
Fjords
  • Eqalugaarsuit
  • Kangerluarsuk
  • Kangerlussuaq (Kangeq Peninsula)
  • Kangerlussuaq Icefjord
  • Nasaussap Saqqaa
  • Nuussuup Kangia
  • Saqqarsuaq
  • Sullua
  • Upernavik Icefjord
Glaciers
  • Alanngorsuup Sermia
  • Cornell
  • Giesecke
  • Hayes
  • Illullip Sermia
  • Kjer
  • Nunatakassaup Sermia
  • Nunatakassaup Sermia (Tasiusaq Bay)
  • Upernavik
Headlands
  • Cape Shackleton
  • Nuussuup Nuua
  • Wilcox Head
Islands
Melville Bay
Inussulik Bay
Sugar Loaf Bay
Tasiusaq Bay
Baffin Bay
Mountains/NunataqsPeninsulasStraitsTowns/Settlements