Saqqarlersuaq 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...

. 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...

, Saqqarlersuaq Island is located in the southern part of 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"....

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Geography

In the south, Saqqarlersuaq Island is separated frpm 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 :...

 by the 11 km (6.8 mi) 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. The strait connects the open waters of Melville Bay in the west with the outlet of Alison Bay

Alison Bay

Alison Bay is a bay in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. The bay is a tributary bay of Melville Bay, and is located in the northern part of Upernavik Archipelago, between Kiatassuaq Island in the southwest and the mainland of Greenland in the northeast.- Geography :Alison bay...

 in the northeast.

A small Ikerasaa Strait separates the island from Kullorsuaq Island

Kullorsuaq 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 :...

 in the northwest, 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 northernmost settlement in the archipelago.

The highest point on the island is an unnamed 583 m (1,912.7 ft) peak in the southern part of the island.