Amarortalik Island

Amarortalik
Amarortalik is located in Greenland
Amarortalik
Amarortalik
Geography
LocationGreenland
Coordinates72°33′N 54°53′W / 72.550°N 54.883°W / 72.550; -54.883
ArchipelagoUpernavik Archipelago
Administration
Greenland
MunicipalityAvannaata

Amarortalik Island is an uninhabited island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. The name of the island means "the place of wolves" in the Greenlandic language.[1]

  1. ^ Flood, Gavin D. (1993). Mapping invisible worlds. Volume 9 of Cosmos, Edinburgh University Press. p. 82. ISBN 0-7486-0470-7.