{{Short description|Island in Sermersooq, Greenland}} {{about|the island|the ship|German weather ship WBS 11 Hessen}} {{Infobox islands | name = Kitak | image_name = | image_size = | image_caption = | map = Greenland | map_caption = | location = North Atlantic | coordinates = {{coord|65|32|N|38|46|W|scale:1000000|display=inline,title}} | archipelago = Kitak group | total_islands = | major_islands = Kitak, Orssuiagssuaq, Igssalik | area_km2 = | length_km = 10.2 | width_km = 4.3 | highest_mount = | elevation_m = 200 | country = Greenland | population = uninhabited | population_as_of = | country_admin_divisions_title = Municipality | country_admin_divisions = Sermersooq }}
'''Kitak''' is an island in the Sermersooq municipality in southeastern Greenland.
In 1961 the German weather ship ''WBS 11 Hessen'' was renamed 'Kitak'.<ref>[http://www.ishavsmuseet.no/om-oss/skutearkiv/kitak Ishavsmuseet Aarvak - Skutearkiv - "Kitak"]</ref>
== Geography == The island is located on the western side of the entrance of the Sermilik Fjord. There is a sheltered bay in the NW side of Kitak that is reportedly a good anchorage for ocean-going vessels.<ref>''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute'', p. 101</ref> The island is {{convert|10.2|km|mi|0|abbr=off}} long with maximum width of {{convert|4.3|km|mi|0|abbr=off}}.<ref>GoogleEarth</ref>
Kitak is the largest and easternmost island of a compact cluster of coastal islands, islets and rocks extending for 14 km from the easternmost point of Kitak to the 51 m high islet of Igssalik in the west; {{convert|2.2|km|mi|0|abbr=off}} long Orssuiagssuaq, where formerly a LORAN station was located, is the southernmost island. The archipelago is separated from the mainland by narrow sounds, one of which is named 'Ikasartik'. The Suunikajik island cluster is located 4 km to the west.<ref name="mapcarta">[http://mapcarta.com/19190460 Mapcarta Kitak]</ref>
The nearest inhabited settlement is Tasiilaq, the most populous community on the eastern coast and the seventh-largest town in Greenland, located on Ammassalik Island on the other side of the fjord about 40 km to the east-northeast. {| |- valign="top" |thumb|300px|Map of Greenland section. |}
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== External links == *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304092925/http://www.camilleensuede.com/blogue/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/tassilaq_route_large.jpg Map of Ammassalik Island]
Category:Uninhabited islands of Greenland