Qeqertarsuaq, also known as Qeqertaq meaning just "Island", is an island in
Avannaata
Avannaata (, ) is a municipality of Greenland created on 1 January 2018 from the bulk of the former Qaasuitsup municipality. It encompasses an area of 522,700 km2 and has 10,726 inhabitants.
Geography
In the south, Avannaata is flanked ...
municipality, near
Upernavik
Kanunarinaqiniiaaq (known as Upernavik) is a small town in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland, located on a small island of the same name. With 1,064 inhabitants as of 2024, it is the twelfth-largest town in Greenland. It c ...
, in northwestern
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. It is by far the largest geographically of three constituent parts of the kingdom; the other two are metropolitan Denmark and the Faroe Islands. Citizens of Greenlan ...
. It is located in the
Upernavik Archipelago
Upernavik Archipelago is a vast coastal archipelago in the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland, off the shores of northeastern Baffin Bay. The archipelago extends from the northwestern coast of Sigguup Nunaa peninsula in the south at ...
in the
Melville Bay
Melville Bay (; ), is a large bay off the coast of northwestern Greenland. Located to the north of the Upernavik Archipelago, it opens to the south-west into Baffin Bay. Its Kalaallisut name, ''Qimusseriarsuaq'', means "the great dog sledding pla ...
of the
Baffin Bay
Baffin Bay (Inuktitut: ''Saknirutiak Imanga''; ; ; ), located between Baffin Island and the west coast of Greenland, is defined by the International Hydrographic Organization as a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean. It is sometimes considered a s ...
.
Geography
Qeqertaq is the second largest island in the Upernavik Archipelago, after
Nutaarmiut
Nutaarmiut (old spelling: ''Nutârmiut'') is an island settlement in Avannaata municipality, in northwestern Greenland. It had 43 inhabitants in 2020.
Upernavik Archipelago
Nutaarmiut is located within Upernavik Archipelago, a vast archipe ...
. The only settlement is
Upernavik Kujalleq (Søndre Upernavik) near ''Qugdlungut'', its southern cape. The island is located towards the southern end of the archipelago, separated from the mainland shore by a narrow sound and has an area of 250.03 km
2.
Mapcarta - Upernavik Kujalleq
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'Qeqertarsuaq' (meaning "Large Island") is the name of several islands in Greenland. The island near Upernavik should not be confused with the much larger Qeqertarsuaq
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 Cop ...
island, better known as Disko Island
Disko Island (, ) is a large island in Baffin Bay, off the west coast of Greenland. It has an area of ,[Qeqertarsuaq (Herbert Island)
Qeqertarsuaq or Herbert Island is an island in Baffin Bay near Qaanaaq in the Avannaata municipality, NW Greenland. The island has an area of 223 km2.
Qeqertarsuaq, meaning "Large Island", is the name of several other places in Greenland. I ...](_blank)
island near Qaanaaq
Qaanaaq (), formerly known as New Thule, is the main town in the northern part of the Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland. The town has a population of 646 as of 2020. The population was forcibly relocated from its former, traditiona ...
(Thule
Thule ( ; also spelled as ''Thylē'') is the most northerly location mentioned in ancient Greek and Roman literature and cartography. First written of by the Greek explorer Pytheas of Massalia (modern-day Marseille, France) in about 320 BC, i ...
). 'Qeqertaq' is also the name of another island near Upernavik (Danish: Skalø
Skalø is a small Danish island, with an area of 1.06 km2 and a population of 11 located south west of Zealand in the Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by the countries of Denmark, Estonia, Finlan ...
) and of a settlement in Qasigiannguit
Qasigiannguit (), also known as Christianshåb, is a town located in western Greenland on the southeastern shore of Disko Bay in the Qeqertalik municipality. With 1,081 inhabitants in 2020, it is the thirteenth-largest town in Greenland. The ...
.
See also
*List of islands of Greenland
The following is an alphabetical list of the islands of Greenland. Many of these islands have both a Kalaallisut language name and a Indo-European languages, European language name.
Islands and archipelagoes
*Aaluik
*Aasiaat
*Achton Friis Is ...
References
External links
1:1,000,000 scale Operational Navigation Chart, Sheet B-8
Islands of Greenland
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