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Ikermiut Island is a small, uninhabited island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland, located in the center of Inussulik Bay in the northern part of Upernavik Archipelago, approximately halfway between Kiatassuaq Island in the north and Nuussuaq Peninsula in the south.[1]

For a former settlement of the same name, see Ikermiut.
Ikermiut
Aerial view of Ikermiut Island
Ikermiut
Geography
LocationGreenland
Coordinates74°20′15″N 56°58′50″W
ArchipelagoUpernavik Archipelago
Administration
Greenland
MunicipalityAvannaata

History


Ikermiut Island was permanently inhabited between 1916 and 1954, when a small settlement of the same name existed on the island. The settlement was abandoned in 1954, during the post-war consolidation phase in northwestern Greenland.[2]


References


  1. Upernavik Avannarleq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992
  2. Petersen, Robert (2003). Settlements, kinship and hunting grounds in traditional Greenland: A comparative study of local experiences from Upernavik and Ammassalik. Danish Polar Center. pp. 107, 133, 233. ISBN 978-87-635-1261-9.


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