Qoornuup Qeqertarsua Island

Island in Sermersooq, Greenland

Qoornup Qeqertarsua

Bjørneøen

Qoornup Qeqertarsua

Geography
Location| Nuup Kangerlua
Coordinates| 64°27′N 51°17′W﻿ / ﻿64.450°N 51.283°W﻿ / 64.450; -51.283
Administration

Greenland

Municipality| Sermersooq

Qoornup Qeqertarsua Island (Danish: Bjørneøen) is an uninhabited island in the Sermersooq municipality in southwestern Greenland.

## Geography

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Qoornup Qeqertarsua is one of three mountainous islands located in the middle run[1] of the 160-kilometre-long (99.4 mi)[2] Nuup Kangerlua fjord, to the north of Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. It has a 1,256-metre-high (4,121 ft) mountain.[3] The two sibling islands are Qeqertarsuaq Island and Sermitsiaq Island.[1]

## See also

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* List of islands of Greenland

## References

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1. ^ a b O'Carroll, Etain (2005). Greenland and the Arctic. Lonely Planet. p. 154\. ISBN 1-74059-095-3.
2. ^ "TIL OPPLYSNING". Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
3. ^ "Topomapper - Topographic maps world-wide". Archived from the original on 2013-11-15. Retrieved 2013-12-13.