Sugar Loaf Island
{{Short description|Island in Avannaata, Greenland}}
{{about||the island of the same name located in Grenada|Sugar Loaf Island (Grenada)|the island group in Taranaki, New Zealand|Sugar Loaf Islands|other uses|Uummannaq (disambiguation)}}
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| name = Sugar Loaf
| image_name = Sugar-Loaf-Island.jpg
| image_size = 300px
| image_caption = Sugar Loaf Island
| map = Greenland
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| archipelago = Upernavik Archipelago
| location = Greenland
| coordinates = {{coord|74|01|00|N|56|58|15|W|display=inline,title}}
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| country = Greenland
| country_admin_divisions_title = Municipality
| country_admin_divisions = Avannaata
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Sugar Loaf Island ({{langx|kl|Uummannaq}}, old spelling: Ũmánaq) is a small, uninhabited island in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. The island is a single flooded mountain of {{convert|376|m|ft|abbr=on}}.Upernavik Avannarleq, Saga Map, Tage Schjøtt, 1992 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.
Geography
Sugar Loaf Island is located in the north-central part of Upernavik Archipelago, in the group between Kangerlussuaq Icefjord in the south, and Nuussuaq Peninsula in the north. The waters around the island are those of its namesake, the Sugar Loaf Bay, an indentation of Baffin Bay. The closest settlement is Nuussuaq, approximately {{convert|9.6|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the north of the island.
References
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{{Upernavik Archipelago}}