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Qeqertarsuaq Island (Karrat Fjord)

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Qeqertarsuaq Island (Karrat Fjord)

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Qeqertarsuaq (meaning "Large Island") is an island in Avannaata municipality, located in the Karrat Fjord in northwestern Greenland. Nearby islands are Illorsuit Island and Upernivik Island. The island has a settlement called Nuugaatsiaq. The island has a 1,765-metre-high (5, 791 ft) mountain called Snehætten (meaning Snow hat in Danish), an Ultra prominent peak.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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