Devil's Thumb (Greenland)
Encyclopedia
Devil's Thumb is a pinnacle-shaped, 546 m (1,791.3 ft) mountain
in the Qaasuitsup
municipality in northwestern Greenland
.
, an island in the northern part of Upernavik Archipelago
, in Melville Bay
, approximately 3 km (1.9 mi) to the north of the Kullorsuaq
settlement.
Mountain
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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...
.
Geography
Devil's Thumb is located in the central part of Kullorsuaq IslandKullorsuaq Island
Kullorsuaq Island is an island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. The name of the island means "a big thumb" in the Greenlandic language.- Geography :...
, an island in the northern part of 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 Melville Bay
Melville Bay
Melville Bay , is a large bay off the coast of northwestern Greenland. Located to the north of the Upernavik Archipelago, it opens to the south-west into Baffin Bay. Its Kalaallisut name, Qimusseriarsuaq, means "the great dog sledding place"....
, approximately 3 km (1.9 mi) to the north of the Kullorsuaq
Kullorsuaq
Kullorsuaq is a settlement in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. It is the northernmost settlement in the Upernavik Archipelago, located on Kullorsuaq Island, at the southern end of Melville Bay, an indentiation of Baffin Bay.The settlement was founded in 1928, and became a...
settlement.