UPERNAVIK

town, western Greenland. It is situated on a small island in Baffin Bay, about 100 miles (160 km) north of Nordost Bay. A whaling and sealing base (founded 1771), it has a weather and radio station and a hospital. Graphite deposits are located nearby. On Kingittoq (Kingigtoq) Island to the northwest was found an early 14th-century runic stone, which tells of three men wintering there. Qaarsorsuaq Island to the south is known for its huge, vertical bird cliffs. Upernavik Fjord, a 30-mile- (48-kilometre-) long inlet of Baffin Bay, extends southeast to the inland ice cap, where it receives Upernavik Glacier. Pop. (1991 est.) 964.