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Hakluyt Island (Greenlandic: Appasuak, Danish: Hakluyt Ø) is an island in Baffin Bay, in Avannaata municipality, off northwest Greenland.[1]

Hakluyt Island

Native name: Appasuak
Hakluyt Island
Geography
Location	Baffin Bay, Greenland
Coordinates	77.433333°N 72.666667°W / 77.433333; -72.666667
Highest elevation	400 m (1300 ft)
Administration
Greenland
Municipality	Avannaata
Demographics
Population	0

Geography

Hakluyt Island lies off the western shore of Kiatak (Northumberland Island). It is part of a small group of coastal islands formed by Kiatak, Herbert Island and Hakluyt Island, Hakluyt being the smallest of the three.[2] Aligned from east to west, the islands lie off the Inglefield Fjord, between the Murchison Sound to the north and the Hvalsund to the south.[3]

See also

• List of islands of Greenland

References

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