Alison Bay

Bay in Avannaata, Greenland

Alison Bay

Kullorsuup Kangerlua (Greenlandic)

Alison Bay

Alison Bay (Upernavik Archipelago)

Location| Upernavik Archipelago
Coordinates| 74°32′N 56°25′W﻿ / ﻿74.533°N 56.417°W﻿ / 74.533; -56.417
Ocean/sea sources| Baffin Bay
Basin countries| Greenland
Max. length| 20.5 km (12.7 mi)

Alison Bay (Greenlandic: Kullorsuup Kangerlua) is a bay in Avannaata 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

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Alison bay is 20.5 km (12.7 mi) long. Part of the southern Melville Bay region, the bay is frozen for most of the year. In the northeast, it is bounded by the Wandel Land nunatak, culminating in an unnamed 931 m (3,054 ft) peak. Iterlassuaq, a small indentation of the bay separates Wandel Land in the north from Qaqqasungnarsuaq − another, smaller nunatak, culminating in an unnamed 510 m (1,670 ft) peak.[1]

A small unnamed glacier tongue of Greenland ice sheet drains the latter into the innermost part of the bay, east of the opening of the Ikerasaa Strait. The strait flows west-south-westward between Kiatassuaq Island in the north, and Sanningassorsuaq Peninsula in the south. The entrance to the strait is split into two channels, with a small Milissua Island straddling the middle.

Left to right: Saqqarlersuaq Island, Greenland ice sheet (behind), Saqqarlersuup Sullua (front), tiny Uummannaarsukassak Island, Alison Bay (behind), Wandel Land (farther behind), Kiatassuaq Island.

## References

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1. ^ Upernavik Avannarleq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992

## External links

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* Media related to Alison Bay at Wikimedia Commons
* 1:1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart, Sheet B-8

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Upernavik Archipelago, Greenland

Bays|

* Alison
* Baffin
* Inussulik
* Melville
* Qeqertaussap Iterlaa
* Sugar Loaf
* Tasiusaq

Fjords|

* Eqalugaarsuit
* Kangerluarsuk
* Kangerlussuaq (Kangeq Peninsula)
* Kangerlussuaq Icefjord
* Nasaussap Saqqaa
* Nuussuup Kangia
* Saqqarsuaq
* Sullua
* Upernavik Icefjord

Glaciers|

* Alanngorsuup Sermia
* Cornell
* Giesecke
* Hayes
* Illullip Sermia
* Kjer
* Nunatakassaup Sermia
* Nunatakassaup Sermia (Tasiusaq Bay)
* Upernavik

Headlands|

* Cape Shackleton
* Nuussuup Nuua
* Wilcox Head

Islands|

| Melville Bay|

* Kiatassuaq
* Kiataussaq
* Kullorsuaq
* Saarlia
* Saqqarlersuaq

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Inussulik Bay|

* Ikermiut
* Illoorfik
* Inussullissuaq
* Kiatassuaq

Sugar Loaf Bay|

* Amitsorsuaq
* Ikermiorsuaq
* Itissaalik
* Kittorsaq
* Nasaussaq
* Qeqertarsuaq (Kangerlussuaq Icefjord)
* Qeqertarsuaq (Nasaussap Saqqaa)
* Qullikorsuit
* Sugar Loaf
* Timilersua

Tasiusaq Bay|

* Aappilattoq
* Anarusuk
* Apparsuit
* Ateqanngitsorsuaq
* Aukarnersuaq
* Horse Head
* Illunnguit
* Innaarsuit
* Kangaarsuk
* Maniitsoq
* Mattaangassut
* Mernoq
* Naajaat
* Nuuluk
* Nutaarmiut
* Paagussat
* Paornivik
* Puugutaa
* Qaarsorsuatsiaq
* Qallunaat
* Qaneq
* Qaqaarissorsuaq
* Qullikorsuit
* Saattorsuaq
* Sisuarissut
* Tasiusaq
* Tussaaq
* Tuttorqortooq
* Uigorlersuaq

Baffin Bay|

* Aappilattoq
* Akia
* Akuliaruseq
* Amarortalik
* Ammaussarsuaq
* Atilissuaq
* Iperaq
* Karrat
* Kingittorsuaq
* Nako
* Nunaa
* Nutaarmiut
* Qaarsorsuaq
* Qasse
* Qeqertaq
* Qeqertarsuaq
* Saattoq
* Sanningassoq
* Singarnaq-Annertussoq
* Taartoq
* Tukingassoq
* Uilortussoq
* Upernavik

Mountains/Nunataqs|

* Akullikassaq
* Anoritooq
* Devil's Thumb
* Inalugartuut
* Inngik
* Iviannernat
* Kangerluarsuup Qaqqarsua
* Kingittoq
* Kissavaussaq
* Kunngutip Qaqqaa
* Naajannguaq
* Naalungiussaq
* Najaarsuit Qaqqat
* Niaqornarsuaq
* Nunatakassak
* Nunatarsuaq
* Nunatarsuaq (Tasiusaq Bay)
* Nuniaat Qaqqarsua
* Orsugissap Qaqqarsua
* Paatuup Qaqqaa
* Qaqqasunnarsuaq
* Qassersuit
* Saattup Akia
* Sandersons Hope
* Toornaarsuttoq
* Tunullersuaq
* Tuttulikassak
* Umiasussuk
* Wandel Land

Peninsulas|

* Illulissuaq
* Kangeq
* Kangerluarsup Nunaa
* Nunavik
* Nuussuaq
* Qassersuaq
* Qullikarsuaq
* Sanningassorsuaq
* Tasersuatsiaup Qaa

Straits|

* Akornat
* Ammarqua
* Appaalissiorfiup Ikerasaa
* Ikerasaa
* Ikerasak
* Ikerasakassak
* Ikerasassuaq
* Qassersuit Saqqaa
* Saqqarlersuup Sullua
* Simiuttap Ikerasaa
* Sisuarissut
* Torsukattak

Towns/Settlements|

* Aappilattoq
* Kangersuatsiaq
* Kullorsuaq
* Innaarsuit
* Naajaat
* Nutaarmiut
* Nuussuaq
* Tasiusaq
* Upernavik
* Upernavik Kujalleq

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