Akia Island is an uninhabited island

Island

An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...

 in the Qaasuitsup

Qaasuitsup

Qaasuitsup is a new municipality in Greenland, operational from 1 January 2009. As of January 2010 its population is 17,749. The administrative center of the municipality is in Ilulissat...

 municipality in northwestern Greenland

Greenland

Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...

. The name of the island means "turned on its side" in the Greenlandic language.

Geography

Akia Island is located in the outer belt of islands in the Upernavik Archipelago

Upernavik Archipelago

Upernavik Archipelago is a vast archipelago of small islands in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland, on the coast of northeastern Baffin Bay...

, in the group between the Upernavik Icefjord

Upernavik Icefjord

Upernavik Icefjord is a fjord in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.- Geography :The long fjord flows to the northwest between two chains of islands, emptying into Baffin Bay...

 in the north, and Nunavik Peninsula in the south, approximately 500 m (1,640.4 ft) to the southeast of Upernavik Island

Upernavik Island

Upernavik Island is a island of Greenland. It is located in Baffin Bay in the Upernavik Archipelago....

, on the other side of a small waterway separating the islands.

In the east and south, another small waterway separates Akia from a larger Qaarsorsuaq Island

Qaarsorsuaq Island

Qaarsorsuaq Island is an uninhabited island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. At , it is one of the largest islands in the Upernavik Archipelago, located in its southern part...

. In the west, several small skerries

Skerry

A skerry is a small rocky island, usually defined to be too small for habitation. It may simply be a rocky reef. A skerry can also be called a low sea stack....

 such as Avannarleq , Qeqertasussuk , and Aorrussaq buffer the western coast from the open waters of Baffin Bay

Baffin Bay

Baffin Bay , located between Baffin Island and the southwest coast of Greenland, is a marginal sea of the North Atlantic Ocean. It is connected to the Atlantic via Davis Strait and the Labrador Sea...

.

Pear-shaped and hilly, the island culminates in an unnamed 220 m (721.8 ft) peak in the central-northern part of the island. There are many small ponds and lakes in the interior of the island.

Promontories

Name	Direction	Latitude N	Longitude W
Pamiua	Western Cape	72°45′41″	56°12′52″
(none)	Northern Cape	72°47′22″	56°03′17″
Sarpinat	Eastern Cape (not the easternmost point)	72°45′58″	56°02′36″
Umiartorfik	Southern Cape	72°44′06″	56°06′56″