Disko Island lies off the west coast of Greenland in Davis Strait at a latitude of less than 70° North, and to the north of Disko Bay.
The island has a length of about 160 kilometers, an area of 8,578 square kilometers, and rises to an average height of 975 meters, peaking at 1,919 meters. The port of Godhavn (Qeqertarsuaq) lies on its southern coast.
Mineral deposits, fossil finds and geological formations have added to the interest in the area.
Eric the Red paid the first recorded visit to Disko Island at some time between 982 and 985.
In the vicinity of the settlement Qaarsut on the northern shore of the Nuussuaq peninsula.
In Disko Bay scholarly excavations were carried out at the multi-component site of Sermermiut by Thomas Thomsen and Morten Porsild already at the beginning of the 20th century, but unfortunately both failed to describe the stratigraphy in such details, that the chronological sequence could be separated.
Disko Fjord and coastal zones in northern Disko Bay were surveyed in 1977 and 1981 (Møbjerg 1986).
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