Hakluyt Island
Native name: Appasuak | |
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![]() ![]() Hakluyt Island | |
Geography | |
Location | Baffin Bay, Greenland |
Coordinates | 77°26′00″N 72°40′00″W / 77.433333°N 72.666667°WCoordinates: 77°26′00″N 72°40′00″W / 77.433333°N 72.666667°W |
Highest elevation | 400 m (1300 ft) |
Administration | |
Greenland | |
Municipality | Avannaata |
Demographics | |
Population | 0 |
Hakluyt Island (Greenlandic: Appasuak, Danish: Hakluyt Ø) is an island in Baffin Bay, in Avannaata municipality, off northwest Greenland.[1]
Geography[]
Hakluyt Island lies off the western shore of Kiatak (Northumberland Island). It is part of a small group of coastal islands formed by Kiatak, Herbert Island and Hakluyt Island, Hakluyt being the smallest of the three.[2] Aligned from east to west, the islands lie off the Inglefield Fjord, between the Murchison Sound to the north and the Hvalsund to the south.[3]
![]() View of Hakluyt Island with Kiatak (Northumberland Island) in the background. |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Hakluyt Island, Greenland
- ^ 1:1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart, Sheet B-8, 3rd edition
- ^ "Inglefield Bredning". Mapcarta. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
Categories:
- Islands of Greenland
- Avannaata
- Greenland geography stubs