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 Island). The total area of Disko Island and its satellite islands (mainly Qeqertarsuatsiaq Island 11 km (7 mi) northwest of off the northern coast, and Qeqertaq on the southwest coast, at the mouth of Disko Fjord) - is 9,700 km (3,750 sq mi). In 2010, the town had 907 inhabitants. The remainder of...