Nutaarmiut Island Island in the north; Nako Island and Akuliaruseq Island in the south. The Eqalugaarsuit Sulluat Fjord opens into Ammarqua Strait immediately to the east of the southern cape. In the southeast, the Ineraq Island and the double Singarnaq-Annertussoq Island separate Nutaarmiut Island from the open Baffin Bay. 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
Foveaux Strait strait is about 130 km long (from Ruapuke Island to Little Solander Island), and it widens (from 14 km at Ruapuke Island to 50 km at Te Waewae Bay) and deepens (from 20 to 120 m) from east to west. The strait lies within the continental shelf area of New Zealand, and was probably dry land during the Pleistocene epoch. Captain Cook sighted Foveaux Strait during his circumnavigation of the South Island in March 1770, but decided to hide it. He was operating during the period of intense Anglo-French rivalry that filled the twelve years between Britain's success in the