Qeqertaq
Qeqertaq is a settlement in the Avannaata municipality in western Greenland, located on an island off the southern shore of the Nuussuaq Peninsula in an inlet of Sullorsuaq Strait. Founded in 1830 as Øen, the settlement had 117 inhabitants in 2024.
- Type: Village with 101 residents
- Description: place in Greenland, Kingdom of Denmark
- Also known as: “Kekertak”, “Oen”, and “Øen”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Qeqertaq Heliport.
Qeqertaq
- Categories: human settlement, rural area, and locality
- Location: Greenland, North America
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Latitude
69.99722° or 69° 59′ 50″ north
Longitude
-51.30278° or 51° 18′ 10″ west
Population
101
IATA airport code
PQT
Open location code
98XCXMWW+VV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Qeqertaq” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ققرتاق”
- Asturian: “Qeqertaq”
- Basque: “Qeqertaq”
- Cebuano: “Qeqertaq”
- Chinese: “凯凯赫塔克”
- Czech: “Qeqertaq”
- Danish: “Qeqertaq”
- Dutch: “Qeqertaq”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ققرتاق”
- French: “Qeqertaq”
- Georgian: “კეკერტაკი”
- German: “Qeqertaq”
- Irish: “Qeqertaq”
- Italian: “Qeqertaq”
- Japanese: “ケケルタク”
- Kalaallisut: “Qeqertaq”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Qeqertaq”
- Norwegian: “Qeqertaq”
- Persian: “ققرتاق”
- Polish: “Qeqertaq”
- Portuguese: “Qeqertaq”
- Russian: “Кекертак”
- Spanish: “Qeqertaq”
- Swedish: “Qeqertaq”
- Turkish: “Qeqertaq”
- Uzbek: “Qeqertaq”
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Places to explore: Qeqertaq and Nuugaaq.
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