Hakluyt Island

Hakluyt Island
Hokluytø
Hakluyt Island
Geography
Location Baffin Bay, Greenland
Coordinates 77°26′00″N 72°40′00″W / 77.433333°N 72.666667°W / 77.433333; -72.666667Coordinates: 77°26′00″N 72°40′00″W / 77.433333°N 72.666667°W / 77.433333; -72.666667
Administration
Greenland
Municipality Qaasuitsup
Demographics
Population uninhabited

Hakluyt Island, is an island in Baffin Bay, in the Qaasuitsup municipality, off NW Greenland.[1]

Geography

Hakluyt Island lies off the western shore of Kiatak (Northumberland Island). It is part of a small group of costal islands formed by Kiatak, Herbert Island and Hakluyt Island, Hakluyt being the smallest of the three.[2]

View of Hakluyt Island with Kiatak (Northumberland Island) in the background.

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