Qeqertarsuaq, Qeqertalik Municipality, Greenland
🇬🇱 Qeqertarsuaq is a port and town in Qeqertalik municipality, located on the south coast of Disko Island on the west coast of Greenland. Founded in 1773, the town is now home to a campus of the University of Copenhagen known as Arctic Station. Qeqertarsuaq is the Kalaallisut name for Disko Island and is also now used for several other islands on Greenland, including those formerly known as Upernavik and Herbert Island. Qeqertarsuaq means ‘the big island’ in Kalaallisut.
The remainder of the population of the island (less than 50 people) lives in the Kangerluk settlement, a few hours by boat to the north-west.
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Qeqertarsuaq has a population of over 839 people. Qeqertarsuaq also forms part of the wider Qeqertalik Municipality which has a population of over 6,340 people.
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🇮🇸 Norðurþing, Iceland