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in all directions. The plateau (and the island itself) is bisected by the Naqellorssuaq valley. The highest point on the island is Appat Qaqaa (1,685.9 m (5,531.2 ft)), a summit in the western part of the glaciated summit plateau. The coastline is undeveloped, apart from the Umiasuqasuup
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to the northwest. Package tourists visit the 'desert' on the cape as part of an organized tour from Uummannaq. Movement within the interior of Appat is restricted to
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The island can be reached via individually chartered fishing boats from Saattut, the settlement on a skerry off the southeastern cape, or from
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alongside the southern and western wall of Appat, to then pass above the narrow Appat Ikerat strait between Appat and a smaller, mountainous
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Qaqortuatsiaq, located on the northern coast of Appat near the shore of the Torsukattak Strait, is a former marble quarry, now abandoned.
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in the south by the central arm of the Uummannaq Fjord; from the Salleq Island in the west by the Appat Ikerat strait; from the
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Aerial view of Salliarusiarsuup Qaqarsua, at 1,516 m (4,973.8 ft) the fourth-highest mountain on the island.
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activities in the area are likely to resume in the future, providing an economic lifeline to the communities of the
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system, located in its north-central part. It is the site of the former settlements of
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The southern shore of the island mostly consists of a series of precipitous walls
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It is very mountainous, with precipitous walls falling from the glaciated summit
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lies directly to the southeast of the island, with a small settlement of
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Volcanic development in the Nuussuaq Basin, West Greenland
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United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
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Saunders Island, Greenland

Appat is located in Greenland
Uummannaq Fjord
70°55′05″N 51°57′00″W / 70.91806°N 51.95000°W / 70.91806; -51.95000
Appat Qaqaa
Avannaata
Avannaata
municipality
Greenland
Uummannaq Fjord
Ritenbenck
Qaqortuatsiaq
Air Greenland
Ukkusissat Heliport
Uummannaq Heliport
Salleq Island

Uummannaq Island
Salliaruseq Island
Ukkusissat Peninsula
Torsukattak Strait
skerries
Saattut
plateau


Mining
Uummannaq
Qaarsut Airport

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