Английская Википедия:Akia Island

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Akia Island (Шаблон:Lang-da) is an uninhabited island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. The name of the island means "turned on its side" in the Greenlandic language.

Geography

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Aerial view of the interior of Akia Island

Akia Island is located in the outer belt of islands in the Upernavik Archipelago, in the group between the Upernavik Icefjord in the north, and Nunavik Peninsula in the south, approximately Шаблон:Convert to the southeast of Upernavik Island, on the other side of a small waterway separating the islands.[1]

In the east and south, another small waterway separates Akia from a larger Qaarsorsuaq Island. In the west, several small skerries such as Avannarleq (Шаблон:Lang-da), Qeqertasussuk (Шаблон:Lang-da), and Aorrussaq (Шаблон:Lang-da) buffer the western coast from the open waters of Baffin Bay.[1]

Pear-shaped and hilly, the island culminates in an unnamed Шаблон:Convert peak in the central-northern part of the island.[1] There are many small ponds and lakes in the interior of the island.

Promontories

Name Direction Latitude N Longitude W
Pamiua (Шаблон:Lang-da) Western Cape 72°45′41″ 56°12′52″
(none) Northern Cape 72°47′22″ 56°03′17″
Sarpinat Eastern Cape (not the easternmost point) 72°45′58″ 56°02′36″
Umiartorfik Southern Cape 72°44′06″ 56°06′56″

References

Шаблон:Commons category Шаблон:Reflist

Шаблон:Upernavik Archipelago

  1. 1,0 1,1 1,2 Upernavik, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992