University of Copenhagen Arctic Station is a year-round, environmental research facility in central

West Greenland Kitaa, originally Vestgrønland ("West Greenland"), is a former administrative division of Greenland. It was by far the most populated of the divisions, being home to almost 90% of the total population. The divisions were de facto replaced by st ...

. Located about northeast of

Qeqertarsuaq 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. ...

, it faces

Disko Bay Disko Bay ( kl, Qeqertarsuup tunua; da, DiskobugtenChristensen, N.O. & al.Elections in Greenland. ''Arctic Circular'', Vol. 4 (1951), pp. 83–85. Op. cit. "Northern News". ''Arctic'', Vol. 5, No. 1 (Mar 1952), pp. 58–59.) is a large ...

and the

Davis Strait Davis Strait is a northern arm of the Atlantic Ocean that lies north of the Labrador Sea. It lies between mid-western Greenland and Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada. To the north is Baffin Bay. The strait was named for the English explorer Jo ...

on the south coast of

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 ,Morten Pedersen Porsild Morten Pedersen Porsild (1 September 1872, Glibstrup near Store Andst – 30 April 1956, Copenhagen) was a Danish botanist who lived and worked most of his adult life in Greenland. He participated in expeditions to Greenland in 1898 and 1902, tog ...

, and has since 1953 been owned by the

University of Copenhagen Faculty of Science The Faculty of Science ( da, Det Natur- og Biovidenskabelige Fakultet) at the University of Copenhagen houses 12 departments, including the Natural History Museum of Denmark. The faculty also encompasses several national and international research ...

. The facility was renovated and expanded in the years 2019 - 2022 by

Dissing+Weitling Dissing may refer to: *Diss (music), song primarily intended to disrespect people *Dissing+Weitling, architecture and design practice in Copenhagen, Denmark *Heino Dissing (1912–1990), Danish cyclist *Henry Dissing Henry Dissing (1931 – 10 De ...

. The modernisation included new laboratories, storing facilities and extra sleeping accommodation for 39 people in total.

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{{University of Copenhagen, academics, state = expanded University of Copenhagen Research stations in Greenland Qeqertalik Disko Island Qeqertarsuaq Educational institutions established in 1906 1906 establishments in Greenland

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