page_title: Nunatarsuaq
section_title: Isolation as an island
hierarchical_section_title: Nunatarsuaq / Geography / Isolation as an island
caption_attribution_description: Aerial view of Kullorsuaq Island, Nunatarsuaq, Nunatakassak, and Sermersuaq (Greenland icesheet). Melville Bay, Upernavik Archipelago, Greenland. Photographed from the Air Greenland Bell 212 during the Kullorsuaq-Nuussuaq flight.
context_page_description: Nunatarsuaq is a nunatak in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.
context_section_description: In the event of glacial retreat, the nunatak will be isolated as an island. Unlike the available maps of Melville Bay, OpenStreetMap maps, and the satellite photographs of Google Maps show the nunatak as already isolated, with fast sea-ice in place of the retreated icesheet.
caption: View of Kullorsuaq Island (center), Nunatarsuaq (behind, left) and Nunatakassak (behind, right)
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