Sullorsuaq Strait Sullorsuaq Strait Sullorsuaq Strait (old spelling: "Suvdlorssuaq", ) is a strait on the western coast of Greenland. The strait separates Nuussuaq Peninsula in the northeast from Qeqertarsuaq Island in the southwest. The strait waterway connects inner Disko Bay in the southeast with Baffin Bay in the northwest. Qeqertarsuatsiaq Island is located in the northeastern mouth of the strait, where it opens into Baffin Bay. At the southeastern end, the large Alluttoq Island is located in the outlet of the strait, at the confluence with Disko Bay. Archaeological excavations in Qilakitsoq on the northeastern shore revealed the existence of an ancient
Baffin Island robust fur industry. Arctic hares are found throughout Baffin island. Their fur is pure white in winter and molts to a scruffy dark grey in summer. Arctic hares and lemmings are a primary food source for Arctic foxes and Arctic wolves. Lemmings are also found throughout the island, and are a major food source for Arctic foxes, Arctic wolves and the snowy owl. In the winter, lemmings dig complicated tunnel systems through the snow drifts in order to get to their food supply of dry grasses and lichens. The Arctic wolf, and the Baffin Island wolf, a gray wolf subspecies,