Egger Island
{{Short description|Island in Greenland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}{{Use British English|date=January 2025}}
{{redirect|Itilleq Island|the settlement in the Qeqqata municipality|Itilleq}}
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| name = Egger Island
| native_name = {{native name|da|Eggers Ø}} {{native name|kl|Itilleq}}
| native_name_link = Greenlandic language
| native_name_lang = Greenlandic
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| image_name = Cape farewell greenland landsat.jpg
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| image_caption = Landsat image with Egger Island's headland Cape Farewell in the centre.
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| image_map_caption = Map of Egger Island
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| coordinates = {{coord|59.89|-43.90|type:isle|display=inline,title}}
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| archipelago = Cape Farewell Archipelago
| waterbody = North Atlantic Ocean
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| area_km2 = 307
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| rank = 24th largest in Greenland
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| elevation_m = 1251
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| highest_mount = Akunap Qinguata
| country = Greenland
| country_admin_divisions_title = Municipality
| country_admin_divisions = Kujalleq
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| population_as_of = 2023
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Egger Island ({{langx|da|Eggers Ø}}; {{langx|kl|Itilleq}}, old spelling: Itivdleq){{cite web|url=http://mapcarta.com/19193628|title=Itilleq|work=Mapcarta|accessdate=10 April 2016}} is Greenland's southernmost island. It is located in the Kujalleq municipality and is uninhabited.
Geography
Egger Island is an important landmark for a small islet off Cape Farewell, its southern headland, is the southernmost point of Greenland. It is part of the Cape Farewell Archipelago (Nunap Isua).{{cite web|url=http://mapcarta.com/19193364|publisher=mapcarta.com|title=Cape Farewell Map - Greenland - Mapcarta|accessdate=5 January 2017}}
The island has a deeply indented coastline and is separated from the neighbouring islands of the archipelago by narrow sounds. Qunnerit lies to the west, Sammisoq to the north and the smaller Avatdlerssuaq and Saningassoq to the east. Egger Island has an area of 308.8 km2 and a shoreline of 150.2 kilometres.{{cite web|url=http://islands.unep.ch/ITP.htm|publisher=islands.unep.ch|title=UNEP | ITP|accessdate=5 January 2017}}
Cape Farewell lies at the island's southernmost tip, with a height of over 2000 feet; it is noted for bad weather.{{cite book|author=John Paxton|title=Statesman's Yearbook World Gazetteer|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VVGuCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA200|date=30 December 2015|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK|isbn=978-1-349-01415-6|page=200}}