Kiatassuaq Island
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 Kiatassuaq
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| Location | Greenland |
| Coordinates | 74°30′45″N 56°58′0″W / 74.51250°N 56.96667°WCoordinates: 74°30′45″N 56°58′0″W / 74.51250°N 56.96667°W |
| Archipelago | Upernavik Archipelago |
| Area | 180.9 km2 (69.8 sq mi) |
| Length | 32.76 km (20.356 mi) |
| Width | 15.86 km (9.855 mi) |
| Coastline | 81.8 km (50.83 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 940 m (3,080 ft) |
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| Municipality | Qaasuitsup |
Kiatassuaq Island (old spelling: Kiatagssuaq, Danish: Holm Ø, Holm Island) is an uninhabited island in the northern Upernavik Archipelago in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. It marks the southern border of Melville Bay.
The name of the island means "a large torso" in the Greenlandic language. Initially, before the northbound migration phase of the 1920s, the island was named differently: "Nuussuaq Ungalleq", or the farther large point, in reference to Nuussuaq Peninsula and Nuussuaq settlement some 45 kilometers to the south, with both names translating as "large tip".
Its Danish name 'Holm Ø' ('Holm Island') had been given in honour of officer of the Danish Navy and Arctic explorer Gustav Holm (1849 – 1940).
Located in the southern part of Melville Bay, Kiatassuaq Island has an elongated shape, with an east-west orientation. It has an area of 180.9 km2 (69.8 sq mi), with a shoreline of 81.8 km (50.8 mi).Kullorsuaq is the closest settlement to Kiatassuaq Island, located on an island of the same name, 6.5 km (4.0 mi) to the north. Kiatassuaq Island is accessible only by boat.
The island is separated from the Sanningassorsuaq Peninsula on the mainland of Greenland by the Ikerasaa Strait. The strait is split into two channels, with the small Millissua Island straddling the middle. In the northeast, the Alison Bay separates the island from the Wandel Land nunatak. In the north, the Saqqarlersuup Sullua separates the island from the smaller, rocky Saqqarlersuaq Island and Kullorsuaq Island.
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