Paornivik Island is an uninhabited island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland.

Paornivik
Paornivik is located in Greenland
Paornivik
Paornivik
Geography
LocationGreenland
Coordinates73°47′N 56°04′W / 73.783°N 56.067°W / 73.783; -56.067
ArchipelagoUpernavik Archipelago
Administration
Greenland
MunicipalityAvannaata

Geography

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The horseshoe-shaped Paornivik Island is located in Tasiusaq Bay, in the north-central part of Upernavik Archipelago. It is sandwiched between Qullikorsuit Island in the north − from which it is separated by the narrow Paorniviup Tunua strait − and Mernoq Island in the southwest. To the east, inner waterways of Tasiusaq Bay separate it from an unnamed nunatak on the mainland of Greenland.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Upernavik Avannarleq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992