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{{Short description|Island of Greenland}}
{{Infobox islands
| name                              = Sammisoq
| native_name                       = Christian IV Ø
| native_name_link                  = Danish language
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| nickname                          = Christian IV Island
| image_name                        = GreenlandNASA.jpg
| image_size                        = 270px
| image_caption                     = Sammisoq in the bottom right.
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| image_map_caption                 = Map of Sammisoq
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| pushpin_map_caption               = Location of Sammisoq in Greenland
| coordinates                       = {{coord|60|03|10|N|43|41|12|W|type:isle|display=inline,title}}
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| location                          = [[Irminger Sea]]
| archipelago                       = [[Nunap Isua Archipelago]]
| waterbody                         = [[North Atlantic Ocean]]
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| area_km2                          = 659
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| rank                              = 11th [[List of islands of the Greenland by area|largest in Greenland]]
| length_km                         = 60
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| elevation_m                       = 1546
| elevation_footnotes               = <ref>[http://mapcarta.com/19188844 Niaqornaq]</ref>
| highest_mount                     = [[Niaqornaq]]
| country                           = [[Greenland]]
| country_admin_divisions_title     = [[Municipalities of Greenland|Municipality]]
| country_admin_divisions           = [[Kujalleq]]
| country_admin_divisions_title_1   = Weather station
| country_admin_divisions_1         = [[Ikerasassuaq]]
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| population                        = 0
| population_as_of                  = 2021
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'''Sammisoq''' (old spelling ''Sangmissoq'', {{langx|da|Christian IV Ø}}; English traditional:''Christian IV Island'') is an island in the [[Kujalleq]] municipality in southern [[Greenland]], located northeast of [[Uummannarsuaq]] cape. It is the largest island of the [[Cape Farewell Archipelago]] (Nunap Isua).
==Geography==
Its area is {{convert|659|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=off}} and at its largest length is {{convert|60|km|mi|0|abbr=off}}. It is separated from mainland Greenland to the north by the narrow [[Prince Christian Sound]]. The island has [[glacier]]s in the south and in the west. Its coast is deeply indented and its southern part is almost separated from the main island by two narrow inlets.<ref>[http://mapcarta.com/19185940 Sammisoq]</ref> To the south lies [[Itilleq Island]] and to the west [[Annikitsoq]], both part of the same group.{{sfn|Prostar|2005|p=5}}
There is one settlement, [[Ikerasassuaq]], also called [[Prince Christian Sound]], Prins Christian Sund, or [[Bluie]] East One. It is a weather station and has no permanent population.
Sammisoq is mountainous and [[Niaqornaq]], its highest point, is 1546 m above sea level.<ref>[http://mapcarta.com/19188844 Niaqornaq]</ref>{{Failed verification|date=February 2022}} It is an [[ultra prominent peak]], meaning a journey to any higher mountain involves descending more than 1500 m down before going up again, in this case down to sea level.
==See also==
*[[List of islands of Greenland]]
==Bibliography==
*{{cite book|author=Prostar|title=Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 Greenland and Iceland Enroute|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jGJ9c7lFSdYC&pg=PA5|date=1 January 2005|publisher=ProStar Publications|isbn=978-1-57785-753-2}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Uninhabited islands of Greenland]]
[[Category:Kujalleq]]
[[Category:Cape Farewell Archipelago]]