Kingittorsuaq Island
![]() Aerial view of Kingittorsuaq Island | |
![]() ![]() Kingittorsuaq | |
Geography | |
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Location | Greenland |
Coordinates | 72°57′55″N 56°12′45″W / 72.96528°N 56.21250°WCoordinates: 72°57′55″N 56°12′45″W / 72.96528°N 56.21250°W |
Archipelago | Upernavik Archipelago |
Length | 3.7 km (2.3 mi) |
Width | 2.7 km (1.68 mi) |
Administration | |
Greenland | |
Municipality | Avannaata |
Kingittorsuaq Island (old spelling: Kingigtorssuaq) is a small, uninhabited island in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. It is a small island in the southern part of the Upernavik Archipelago, located on the southwestern shores of Upernavik Icefjord, near the mouth of the latter where it opens into Baffin Bay.[1] The name of the island means "a large protruding rock" in the Greenlandic language.
History[]
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Runestone
The Kingittorsuaq runestone (old spelling: Kingigtorssuaq runestone) dating from the Middle Ages[2] was found in 1824 on the highest point of the island, in a group of three cairns forming an equilateral triangle. The stone is now located at the National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen.
References[]
- ^ Upernavik, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992
- ^ Enterline, James Robert (2002). Erikson, Eskimos & Columbus: Medieval European Knowledge of America. Center for American Places (illustrated ed.). JHU Press. pp. 127–129. ISBN 0-8018-6660-X. Retrieved 2010-08-26.
Categories:
- Uninhabited islands of Greenland
- Islands of the Upernavik Archipelago