Qeqertarsuaq

Qeqertarsuaq (Danish: Godhavn) is a port and a town in Qaasuitsup municipality, located on the south coast of Qeqertarsuaq (Disko) Island, an island on the west coast of Greenland. Founded in 1773, it is home to a campus of the University of Copenhagen. Qeqertarsuaq is Greenlandic for: 'Large Island.' It is also the name of several other islands on Greenland in the same municipality, namely Qeqertarsuaq (Upernavik), or Qeqertarsuaq (Herbert Islan... more

Qeqertarsuaq (Danish: Godhavn) is a port and a town in Qaasuitsup municipality, located on the south coast of Qeqertarsuaq (Disko) Island, an island on the west coast of Greenland. Founded in 1773, it is home to a campus of the University of Copenhagen. Qeqertarsuaq is Greenlandic for: 'Large Island.' It is also the name of several other islands on Greenland in the same municipality, namely Qeqertarsuaq (Upernavik), or Qeqertarsuaq (Herbert Island). The total area of Qeqertarsuatsiaq (Disko Island) and its satellite islands (mainly Hareø 11 km (7 mi) northwest of Qeqertarsuatsiaq, and Qeqertaq on the southwest coast, at the mouth of Disko Fjord) - is 9,700 km (3,750 sq mi). As of January 1, 2005, the municipality had a population of 1,032. Of those, 978 lived in the town, and the remaining 54 in the village of Kangerluk (Diskofjord). Many of the flat basaltic mountains found all over the island are covered with perpetual snow. The greatest area is called Sermersuaq (The Grand Glacier)... less