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Qeqertarsuaq
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Qeqertarsuaq (, historically known as Godhavn) 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.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Qeqertarsuaq is referenced by 188 other articles, and connects out to Nuuk, Danish Realm and administrative territorial entity of Greenland.
The entry is geolocated on the map in GL, across 3 mapped points.
Vinony files it under 1773 establishments in North America, 18th-century establishments in Greenland and Disko Island.
Its subject is documented across 36 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Qeqertarsuaq
- Settlement.other_name
- Godhavn
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Qeqertarsuaq.JPG
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Overhead view of Qeqertarsuaq and its characteristic mountains
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Greenland Disko Bay#Greenland
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location on Disko Island
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Constituent country
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Qeqertalik
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1773
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2025
- Settlement.population_total
- 793
- Settlement.timezone1
- Western Greenland Time
- Settlement.utc_offset1
- −02:00
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality
- Official name
- Godhavn
- Country
- Greenland
- Located in
- Qeqertalik
- Population
- 856
- Capital of
- Qeqertarsuaq municipality
- Image
- The Disko Bay Qeqertarsuaq greenland.jpg
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- Commons category
- Qeqertarsuaq
- topic's main category
- Category:Qeqertarsuaq
- twinned administrative body
- Húsavík
- different from
- Qeqertarsuaq
- located in/on physical feature
- Disko Island
- postal code
- 3953
- native label
- Qeqertarsuaq
- inception
- 1773-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Geography
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- Notable people
- Population
- Sister city
- References
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Qeqertarsuaq (, historically known as Godhavn) 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.
In 2020, the town had 839 inhabitants. The remainder of the population of the island (less than 50 people) lives in the Kangerluk settlement, a few hours by boat to the northwest.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Qeqertarsuaq” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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On the map
3 mapped locations