Anarusuk Island

Anarusuk Island is an uninhabited island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland.

Anarusuk

Anarusuk
Geography
Location	Greenland
Coordinates	73°28′N 55°38′W
Archipelago	Upernavik Archipelago
Area	75 km2 (29 sq mi)
Length	16.4 km (10.19 mi)
Width	14.2 km (8.82 mi)
Administration
Greenland
Municipality	Avannaata

Geography

Anarusuk Island is located in Tasiusaq Bay, in the north-central part of Upernavik Archipelago, on the shores of the inner reaches of Kangerlussuaq Icefjord, which in the northeast separates it from Giesecke Glacier on the mainland of Greenland.^[1]

The island is separated from Nuuluk Island in the northwest by a small Ikerasaarsuk channel, from Aappilattoq Island in the west by a small channel of the same name, and by the inner waterways of Tasiusaq Bay from Aukarnersuaq Island in the southeast and Qaqaarissorsuaq Island in the south.^[1]

Coastline

The coastline of the island is developed, with many inlets indenting the coastline in the west.^[1]

Promontories

Name	Direction	Latitude N	Longitude W
Naajakassait	Northern Cape	73°31′30″	55°49′30″
Aappilattuinnakassak	Southern Cape	73°22′40″	55°34′50″
Tulukkat	Northwestern Cape	73°30′17″	55°53′45″