Disko Island information

Disko Island (Greenlandic: Qeqertarsuaq, Danish: Diskoøen) is a large island in Baffin Bay, off the west coast of Greenland. It has an area of 8,578 km2...

Disko may refer to: Disko Island or Qeqertarsuaq, in Baffin Bay, Greenland Disko, Indiana, a small town in the United States The character Disko Troop...

bounded by Qeqertarsuaq (Disko Island), the largest island on the western coast. North of Ilulissat and west of Alluttoq Island the bay transforms into...

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...

This list of islands by area includes all islands in the world larger than 2,500 km2 (970 sq mi) and most of the islands over 1,000 km2 (390 sq mi), sorted...

031 km2 is the largest and most populous island in Denmark proper (thus excluding Greenland and Disko Island, which are larger in size). Zealand had a...

complex) and Safartoq, and basic and ultrabasic igneous rocks at Uiffaq on Disko Island, where there are masses of heavy native iron up to 25 t (28 short tons)...

the western shore of Greenland. Qeqertarsuatsiaaq Island is separated from the much larger Disko Island (Greenlandic: Qeqertarsuaq) in the southeast by...

of Greenland used iron knives, Nordenskiöld landed at Fortune Bay on Disko Island to search for the material. The Inuit had told Ross that they got the...

Clavering Island Disko Island Geographical Society Island Hans Island (shared with Canada) Kaffeklubben Island Milne Land Naresland Shannon Island Traill...

northern part of Disko Bay, in the outlet of the Sullorsuaq Strait, east of Disko Island. Ataa, located on the eastern coast of the island, is an abandoned...

discovered living in warm springs on Disko Island, Greenland, in 1994. Since then, it has also been found on the Crozet Islands of Antarctica as well as in the...

Barretto Junior. After misjudging the location of Whitefish Bay on Disko Island, the expedition backtracked and finally harboured in that far north outpost...

development of closed system pingos. There are 20 pingos located on Disko Island, with the largest located on Kuganguaq alluvial plain at 100 m (330 ft)...

coast of Ungava Bay. Baffin Island Ellesmere Island Greenland: Kangerlussuaq, Ilulissat Icefjord, Scoresby Sund, Disko Island Southwest coast of South America...

known as telluric iron and is described from a few localities, such as Disko Island in West Greenland, Yakutia in Russia and Bühl in Germany. Ferropericlase...

western Greenland, located on the southwestern shore of Disko Island along with the island's biggest settlement Qeqertarsuaq on the southern shore. It...

This is a list of islands in the world ordered by their highest point; it lists islands with peaks by elevation. At the end of this article continental...

merchants" and represents the Old Permic culture. Bjarneyjar "Bear islands". Possibly Disko Island off Greenland. blakumen or blökumenn Romanians (Vlachs) or...

first (and so far only) known species in the group, in a cold spring on Disko Island in 2000. Heiner, I.; Kristensen, R.M. 2009: Urnaloricus gadi nov. gen...

route, and succeeded. Disko Troop claims to receive his given name for his birth on board his father's ship near Disko Island on the west coast of Greenland...

Disco (1778 ship), frigate built for the Danish navy and named for Disko Island, but transferred to Danish EIC before maiden voyage. Hussar, purchased...

main island is Greenland, excluding Disko Island and other islands of Greenland Mainland Ecuador, as opposed to the Galápagos Islands and other islands of...

with only one major deposit known in the world, located on or near Disko Island in Greenland. Most of the native iron on earth is actually not in fact...

Qullissat, the site of an abandoned settlement across the strait on Disko Island, 20 kilometres (11 nmi; 12 mi) away, where it inundated the coast as...

Strait Passing just west of Disko Island,  Greenland (at 69°42′N 54°59′W / 69.700°N 54.983°W / 69.700; -54.983 (Disko Island)) 60°0′N 55°0′W / 60.000°N...

existed in some places where molten magmas invaded coal deposits, e.g. on Disko Island in Greenland, or at the Bühl near Kassel in Germany. Associated minerals...