Tuttorqortooq Island Tuttorqortooq Island Tuttorqortooq Island (old spelling: "Tugtorqortôq") is an uninhabited island in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland. Tuttorqortooq Island is located in Tasiusaq Bay, in the north-central part of Upernavik Archipelago, at the mouth of Kangerlussuaq Icefjord, which separates it from Mernoq Island in the northeast. In the east, the northern tip of Qallunaat Island is separated from Tuttorqortooq by the narrow "Qaqqakassaup Ikerasaa" strait, widening into a bay to the southwest between the two islands. To the west, a small, rocky Horse Head Island buffers the island from the open waters of Baffin Bay. The island is mountainous,
Baffin Island as they come up for air. When they first arrive, the males arrive a few weeks ahead of the females and young. The largest summer visitor to Baffin Island is the bowhead whale. Found throughout the Arctic range, one group of bowhead whales are known to migrate to the Foxe Basin, a bay on the western side of Baffin Island. It is still not known whether they visit for the lush sea bounty or to calve in the Foxe Basin. Baffin Island lies in the path of a generally northerly airflow all year round, so, like much of northeastern Canada,