# Kitak

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{{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](/source/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](/source/Sermersooq)
}}

'''Kitak''' is an [island](/source/island) in the [Sermersooq](/source/Sermersooq) municipality in southeastern [Greenland](/source/Greenland).

In 1961 the [German weather ship ''WBS 11 Hessen''](/source/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](/source/Sermilik) Fjord.
There is a sheltered bay in the NW side of Kitak that is reportedly a good [anchorage](/source/Anchorage_(shipping)) 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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Tasiilaq), the most populous community on the eastern coast and the seventh-largest town in Greenland, located on [Ammassalik Island](/source/Ammassalik_Island) on the other side of the fjord about 40 km to the east-northeast.
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== References ==
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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

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