Kullorsuaq Island is an 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 "a big thumb" in the Greenlandic language.

Geography

Part of 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...

, Kullorsuaq Island is located in the southern part of Melville Bay, to the north of the much larger Kiatassuaq Island

Kiatassuaq Island

Kiatassuaq Island is an uninhabited island in the Melville Bay region of the Upernavik Archipelago in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.- History :...

, and to the northwest of the mouth of Saqqarlersuup Sullua

Saqqarlersuup Sullua

Saqqarlersuup Sullua is a strait in the Upernavik Archipelago in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland.- Geography :The strait is long and less than wide...

 strait. A small Ikerasaa strait separates the island from the uninhabited Saqqarlersuaq Island

Saqqarlersuaq Island

Saqqarlersuaq Island is an uninhabited island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. Part of the Upernavik Archipelago, Saqqarlersuaq Island is located in the southern part of Melville Bay.- Geography :...

 in the east.

Devil's Thumb

The island is rocky throughout, with a large landmark pinnacle occupying its center, the 546 m (1,791.3 ft) Devil's Thumb, from which the island derives its name.

Settlement

Home to 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, the island is one of the few inhabited islands in the Upernavik Archipelago, and the only such island in its northern part. The closest settlements are Nuussuaq

Nuussuaq

Nuussuaq is a settlement in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. It is the only mainland settlement in the Upernavik Archipelago, located near the western tip of the Nuussuaq Peninsula, on the northern coast of Sugar Loaf Bay, an indentiation of Baffin Bay.The settlement was...

, 53 km (32.9 mi) to the south, and Savissivik

Savissivik

Savissivik is a settlement in the Qaasuitsup municipality, in northern Greenland...

, 274 km (170.3 mi) to the northwest, on the other end of Melville Bay.