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Tasiusaq Bay

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Geography
Islands Northern band Central band Upernavik Icefjord islands Glaciers and nunataks Waterways
Settlement
References

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Tasiusaq Bay (old spelling: Tasiussaq) is a bay in the Upernavik Archipelago in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. It is an indentation of northeastern Baffin Bay. The name of the bay derives from the name of the settlement of the same name in the bay.

Geography

The bay is located in the north-central part of Upernavik Archipelago, between Sugar Loaf Bay in the north, and Upernavik Icefjord in the south. At its widest − from the Cape Shackleton promontory on Apparsuit Island in the north at {{coord|73|48|13|N|56|49|57|W}}, to the mouth of Upernavik Icefjord in the south^[1]^[2] − Tasiusaq Bay stretches for approximately {{convert|93|km|mi|abbr=on}}.

Islands

There is a large number of islands and skerries in the bay, scattered over the entire area. They can be divides into several groups:

Northern band

The northernmost group of islands lies between the Nasaussap Saqqaa fjord emptying into Sugar Loaf Bay in the north, and the Kangerlussuaq Icefjord in the south. The major islands, listed from north to south, are:^[1]

Qullikorsuit Island
Apparsuit Island
Paornivik Island
Mernoq Island

Central band

The central group of islands lies between the Kangerlussuaq Icefjord in the north, and the mouth of Upernavik Icefjord in the south. The major islands, listed from north to south, are:^[2]

Tuttorqortooq Island
Horse Head Island
Qallunaat Island
Mattaangassut Island
Nutaarmiut Island
Saattorsuaq Island
Nuuluk Island
Anarusuk Island
Aappilattoq Island
Uigorlersuaq Island
Tasiusaq Island
Aukarnersuaq Island
Paagussat Island
Qaqaarissorsuaq Island
Illunnguit Island
Kangaarsuk Island
Ateqanngitsorsuaq Island
Qaarsorsuatsiaq Island
Innaarsuit Island
Naajaat Island

Upernavik Icefjord islands

The southern group of islands bounds the Upernavik Icefjord from the north. The major islands, listed from east to west, are:^[2]

Maniitsoq
Puugutaa
Qaneq
Sisuarissut
Tussaaq

Glaciers and nunataks

The coastline of mainland Greenland in the region is a series of alternating nunataks and glaciers draining the Greenland ice sheet ({{lang-kl|Sermersuaq}}). the major features, from north to south, are:

Giesecke Glacier with its two tongues: Qeqertarsuup Sermia and Kakiffait Sermiat
Nunatarsuaq nunatak
Alanngorsuup Sermia glacier
Qassersuaq Peninsula
Upernavik Glacier

Waterways

The major waterways of Tasiusaq Bay are the Nasaussap Saqqaa fjord in the north, Kangerlussuaq Icefjord, and Upernavik Icefjord in the south.^[1]^[2]

Settlement

The mainland is uninhabited, and only some of the islands are settled. Tasiusaq is the largest settlement in the bay.^[3] Other settlements are Nutaarmiut, Innaarsuit, and Naajaat.^[2] The former settlement of Tussaaq has one inhabitant left.

References

1. ^¹²Upernavik Avannarleq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992
2. ^¹²³⁴Upernavik, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992
3. ^{{cite web |url=http://bank2.stat.gl/dialog/varval.asp?ma=BEEST4&ti=Population+in+localities+January+1%2Est+by+locality%2C+age%2C+gender+and+place+of+birth+1977%2D2010&path=../Database/Greenland/Population/Population%20in%20Greenland/&search=TASIUSAQ&lang=4 |publisher=Statistics Greenland |title=Population in localities January 1.st by locality, age, gender and place of birth 1977-2010 |accessdate=3 September 2010}}

2 : Tasiusaq Bay|Bays of the Upernavik Archipelago

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