page_title: Upernivik Island
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Upernivik Island / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Aerial view of the highly mountainous Upernivik Island, Greenland. Photographed from the Air Greenland de Havilland Canada Dash-7 during the Ilulissat-Upernavik flight. Dead Serminnguaq glacier on the far left, southwestern cape and Uummannaq Fjord on the right. The cape is unusual in that the meeting shorelines are close to straight, and the angle is close to right, at circa 100 degrees.
context_page_description: Upernivik Island is an uninhabited island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.
context_section_description: Upernivik Island is located in the Uummannaq Fjord where it is the largest island with an area of 540 km² (208.5 sq mi).
  The island is very mountainous. Its highest point is Palup Qaqaa, an ultra-prominent peak at 71°20′17″N 72°48′17″W reaching 1,903.47 m (6,245.0 ft).
caption: Aerial view of southwestern Upernivik Island
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