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Ikeq Island

Coordinates: 59°56′N 44°12′W / 59.94°N 44.20°W / 59.94; -44.20
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Ikeq Island is located in Greenland
Ikeq Island
Geography
LocationLabrador Sea
Southern Greenland
Coordinates59°56′N 44°12′W / 59.94°N 44.20°W / 59.94; -44.20
ArchipelagoCape Farewell Archipelago
Highest elevation1,388 m (4554 ft)
Highest pointToornaarsuk
Administration
Greenland
MunicipalityKujalleq
Demographics
Population0

Ikeq is an island of the Kujalleq municipality, southern Greenland.

Geography

Map
Map of showing Ikeq in the Cape Farewell Archipelago

The island has an area of 198.9 km ² and a shoreline of 89.4 kilometres.[1] Its coast is deeply indented and its eastern part (Qunnerit) is almost separated from the main island by a narrow inlet stretching from north to south.[2]

Along with Itilleq, Sammisoq, Nunarsuaq (Nunarssuak), Pamialluk, Annikitsoq, Walkendorff and Qernertoq (Kasit), it is part of the Cape Farewell Archipelago (Nunap Isua).[3][4]

See also

Bibliography

  • Prostar (1 January 2005). Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute. ProStar Publications. ISBN 978-1-57785-753-2.
  • United States. Hydrographic Office (1947). Publications.

References

  1. ^ "UNEP". Archived from the original on 2016-04-19. Retrieved 2010-07-13.
  2. ^ Qunnerit
  3. ^ Prostar 2005, p. 5.
  4. ^ United States. Hydrographic Office 1947, p. 67.