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    Akia Island

    Akia, Langø, Lang Island

    72°45′N 56°07′W

    Akia Island (Danish: Langø) is an uninhabited island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. The name of the island means "turned on its side" in the Greenlandic language.

    Akia Island, Upernavik Archipelago, Greenland. Photographed in the evening from Upernavik Island (from the north). Sandersons Hope mountain on Qaarsorsuaq Island is hidden in a cloud.
    Akia Island, Upernavik Archipelago, Greenland. Photographed in the evening from Upernavik Island (from the north). Sandersons Hope mountain on Qaarsorsuaq Island is hidden in a cloud.

    Algkalv (talk) / CC BY-SA 3.0

    Terrain

    72°45′N 56°07′W

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    Overview

    Akia Island (Danish: Langø) is an uninhabited island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. The name of the island means "turned on its side" in the Greenlandic language.

    From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

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    Nearest islands

    Also in Upernavik Archipelago

    Sources

    Facts

    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Talus
    • Wikidata
    • Wikipedia

    Photographs

    • Akia. Algkalv (talk) / CC BY-SA 3.0
    • Akia-aerial. Algkalv (talk) / CC BY-SA 3.0