title: Illorsuit Island
text: # Illorsuit Island
  
  Illorsuit Island (Greenlandic: Illorsuip qeqertaat, Danish: Ubekendt Ejland) is an island in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland.
  
  ## Geography
  
  The island is pear-shaped, and at 403 $km^2$ (155.6 sq mi), it is the second-largest island in the Uummannaq Fjord system, located to the east of its mouth, between Sigguup Nunaa peninsula in the north and Nuussuaq Peninsula in the south.
  
  ## Settlement
  
  The former settlement of Illorsuit was the only settlement on the island, located on the northeastern coast of the island. The settlement was abandoned in 2018 following a severe tsunami in June 2017.
  
  