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Qeqertarsuaq, meaning 'The Large Island' in the
Greenlandic language Greenlandic ( kl, kalaallisut, link=no ; da, grønlandsk ) is an Eskimo–Aleut language with about 56,000 speakers, mostly Greenlandic Inuit in Greenland. It is closely related to the Inuit languages in Canada such as Inuktitut. It is the mos ...
( da, Storø meaning 'big island' as well), is an uninhabited island in the
Sermersooq Sermersooq (, da, sted med meget is, lit=place of much ice) is a municipality in Greenland, formed on 1 January 2009 from five earlier, smaller municipalities. Its administrative seat is the city of Nuuk (formerly called Godthåb), the capital ...
municipality in southwestern
Greenland Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland is t ...
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Geography

Qeqertarsuaq is one of three mountainous islands located in the middle run of the long
Nuup Kangerlua Nuup Kangerlua is a long fjord in the Sermersooq municipalities of Greenland, municipality in southwestern Greenland. It was formerly known by its colonial name as Godthaab Fjord ( da, Godthåbsfjorden), Gilbert Sound and Baal's River.Nicoll, Ja ...
fjord, to the north of
Nuuk Nuuk (; da, Nuuk, formerly ) is the capital and largest city of Greenland, a constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark. Nuuk is the seat of government and the country's largest cultural and economic centre. The major cities from other co ...
, the capital of Greenland. Its highest mountain is high, meaning it is an ultra prominent mountain. The two sibling islands are
Qoornuup Qeqertarsua Island Qoornup Qeqertarsua Island ( da, Bjørneøen) is an uninhabited island in the Sermersooq municipality in southwestern Greenland. Geography Qoornup Qeqertarsua is one of three mountainous islands located in the middle run of the Nuup Kangerlua f ...
and
Sermitsiaq Island Sermitsiaq Island ( da, Sadelø) is an uninhabited island in the Sermersooq municipality in southwestern Greenland. Geography Sermitsiaq is one of three mountainous islands located in the middle section of the long Nuup Kangerlua fjord, to the ...
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See also

* List of islands of Greenland * Storø, another Greenlandic island located on the east coast. *
Disko Island Disko Island ( kl, Qeqertarsuaq, da, Diskoøen) is a large island in Baffin Bay, off the west coast of Greenland. It has an area of ,Disko Bay.


References

{{Authority control Uninhabited islands of Greenland