Nutaarmiut Island Nutaarmiut Island Nutaarmiut Island (old spelling: "Nutârmiut") is an uninhabited island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland, with an area of . The island is located in the southern part of Upernavik Archipelago, on the coast of Baffin Bay, approximately east-south-east of Upernavik town. To the west, the Akornat Strait separates the island from Qaarsorsuaq Island. To the northwest and northeast, small channels separate the island from Aappilattoq Island and several smaller skerries on the southern coast of the inner Upernavik Icefjord. The Ammarqua Strait separates Nutaarmiut Island from four large islands in the east, Uilortussoq Island and Saninngassoq
Cook Strait west side and North Island on the east. At its narrowest point, separate Cape Terawhiti in the North Island from Perano Head on Arapaoa Island in the Marlborough Sounds. Perano Head is actually further north than Cape Terawhiti. In good weather one can see clearly across the strait. The west (South Island) coast runs along Cloudy Bay and past the islands and entrances to the Marlborough Sounds. The east (North Island) coast runs along Palliser Bay, crosses the entrance to Wellington harbour, past some Wellington suburbs and continues another to Makara beach. The Brothers is a group of tiny islands