page_title: Aappilattoq, Avannaata
section_title: Upernavik Archipelago
hierarchical_section_title: Aappilattoq, Avannaata / Upernavik Archipelago
context_page_description: Aappilattoq is a settlement in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland, located on an island of the same name in the southern part of Upernavik Archipelago. Founded in 1805, the settlement had 149 inhabitants in 2020.
context_section_description: Aappilattoq is located within Upernavik Archipelago, a vast archipelago of small islands on the coast of northeastern Baffin Bay. The archipelago extends from the northwestern coast of Sigguup Nunaa peninsula in the south at approximately 71°50′N 56°00′W to the southern end of Melville Bay (Greenlandic: Qimusseriarsuaq) in the north at approximately 74°50′N 57°30′W.
caption: Aappilattoq within the Upernavik Archipelago