Wolstenholme Island

Wolstenholme Island
Native name:
Qeqertarssuaq
Wolstenholme Island
Wolstenholme Island (Greenland)
Geography
LocationBaffin Bay, Greenland
Coordinates76°26′16″N 70°00′21″W / 76.43778°N 70.00583°W / 76.43778; -70.00583
Highest elevation259 m (850 ft)
Administration
Greenland
MunicipalityAvannaata

Wolstenholme Island (Greenlandic: Qeqertarssuaq) is an island in Baffin Bay, in Avannaata municipality, off northwestern Greenland.

The island lies west of the Bylot Sound off Cape Atholl in the southern shore of the mouth of Wolstenholme Fjord, south of Saunders Island. It is smaller than the latter and made of gneiss.