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    Sugar Loaf Island

    Uummannaq, Umanakas, Ũmánaq

    74°01′N 56°58′W

    Sugar Loaf Island (Greenlandic: Uummannaq, old spelling: Ũmánaq) is a small, uninhabited island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. The island is a single flooded mountain of 376 m (1,234 ft). Its name means "heart-shaped" in the Greenlandic language.

    Sugar Loaf Island, Upernavik Archipelago, Greenland. Photographed from the ridge of Nuussuaq Peninsula. Nuussuaq settlement on the coast.
    Sugar Loaf Island, Upernavik Archipelago, Greenland. Photographed from the ridge of Nuussuaq Peninsula. Nuussuaq settlement on the coast.

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    74°01′N 56°58′W

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    Sugar Loaf Island (Greenlandic: Uummannaq, old spelling: Ũmánaq) is a small, uninhabited island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. The island is a single flooded mountain of 376 m (1,234 ft). Its name means "heart-shaped" in the Greenlandic language. The island is an important landmark in the region often afflicted by fog, and is used for coastal boat navigation.

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    Also in Upernavik Archipelago

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