| 词条 | Mernoq Island | ||||||||||||||||
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| name = Mernoq | image_name = Mernoq.jpg | image_size = 300px | image_caption = Aerial view of Mernoq Island (right) | map = Greenland | map_caption = | archipelago = Upernavik Archipelago | location = Greenland | coordinates = {{coord|73|44|50|N|56|17|00|W|display=inline,title}} | length_km = 9.7 | width_km = | area_km2 = | area_footnotes = | coastline_km = | coastline_footnotes = | country = Greenland | country_admin_divisions_title = Municipality | country_admin_divisions = Qaasuitsup }} Mernoq Island is an uninhabited island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. HistoryWith brief intervals of no permanent settlement, Mernoq Island was inhabited between 1891, when the Kuuk settlement was founded, and 1972, when it was abandoned.[1] Kuuk was perched on the southern end of the island, at the Qernertunnguaq cape.[2] GeographyMernoq Island is located in Tasiusaq Bay, in the north-central part of Upernavik Archipelago. It is sandwiched between Qullikorsuit Island in the north − from which it is separated by the Mernup Tunua strait − Paornivik Island in the northeast, and Tuttorqortooq Island in the southwest.[2] The island is hilly, but not mountainous; the highest point is an unnamed hill of {{convert|386|m|ft|abbr=on}} in the center of the island.[2] CoastlineThe coastline of the island is generally undeveloped, with two shallow, unnamed bays in the east.[2] Promontories
References{{commons category|Mernoq Island}}1. ^{{cite book|last=Petersen|first=Robert|title=Settlements, kinship and hunting grounds in traditional Greenland: A comparative study of local experiences from Upernavik and Ammassalik|publisher=Danish Polar Center|pages=105, 107|year=2003|isbn=978-87-635-1261-9}} {{Upernavik Archipelago}}2. ^1 2 3 Upernavik Avannarleq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992 3 : Uninhabited islands of Greenland|Tasiusaq Bay|Islands of the Upernavik Archipelago |
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