The Plant-Life of Hare Island off the coast of West Greenland. 253 
Fig. 2. Pseudo-interbasaltic moraine on the west coast of Hare Island near 70? 22° 
(seen from the sea). 
language the name is Qeqertarsuaitsiaq (“the smaller, but still 
rather big island’), in contradistinction to Qeqertarsuaq (“the 
big island” = Disco). Seen from Nugsuaq, the contour of the island 
recalls the aspect of a carcass of a huge whale, which explains 
the names of the different points: Niaqua (“its head”), Talerua 
(“its flipper’), Er qua (“its hind part’). 
Fig. 3. Pseudo-interbasaltic moraine on the west coast of Hare Island near 70° 22’ 
(another place, seen from the opposite side of a small ravine). 
