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{{Short description|Town on Disko Island, western Greenland}}
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{{Infobox settlement
|name                 = Qeqertarsuaq
|other_name           = Godhavn
|image_skyline        = Qeqertarsuaq.JPG
|imagesize            = 250px
|image_caption        = Overhead view of Qeqertarsuaq and its characteristic mountains
|image_shield         = 
|shield_size          = 
|pushpin_map          = Greenland Disko Bay#Greenland
|pushpin_map_caption  = Location on Disko Island
|pushpin_mapsize      = 250
|subdivision_type     = State
|subdivision_name     = {{Flag|Kingdom of Denmark}}
|subdivision_type1    = [[Countries of the Kingdom of Denmark|Constituent country]]
|subdivision_name1    = {{Flag|Greenland}}
|subdivision_type2    = [[Administrative divisions of Greenland|Municipality]]
|subdivision_name2    = [[Qeqertalik]]
|government_footnotes = 
|leader_title         = 
|leader_name          = 
|established_title    = Founded
|established_date     = 1773
|population_as_of     = 2020
|population_total     = 839<ref name="localpop">{{cite web|title= Population by Localities|url = http://bank.stat.gl/pxweb/en/Greenland/Greenland__BE__BE01__BE0120/BEXST4.PX/?rxid=a1551b20-d1d5-4bcf-a80c-de114c001595|publisher = Statistical Greenland}}</ref>
| timezone1          = [[Western Greenland Time]]
| utc_offset1        = −02:00
| timezone1_DST      = [[Western Greenland Summer Time]]
| utc_offset1_DST    = −01:00
|coordinates          = {{coord|69|14|50|N|53|32|00|W|region:GL|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type     = Postal code
|postal_code          = 3953
|website              = 
}}
'''Qeqertarsuaq''' ({{IPA|kl|qɜqɜtːɑsːuɑq}}, historically known as '''Godhavn''') is a port and [[list of cities and towns in Greenland|town]] in [[Qeqertalik]] [[municipalities of Greenland|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 [[University of Copenhagen Arctic Station|Arctic Station]]. ''Qeqertarsuaq'' is the [[Greenlandic language|Kalaallisut]] name for Disko Island and is also now used for several other islands on Greenland, including those formerly known as [[Qeqertarsuaq (Upernavik)|Upernavik]] and [[Qeqertarsuaq (Herbert Island)|Herbert Island]]. Qeqertarsuaq means 'the big island' in Kalaallisut ({{langx|da|den store ø}}).

In 2020, the town had 839 inhabitants.<ref name="localpop"/> The remainder of the population of the island (less than 50 people) lives in the [[Kangerluk]] settlement, a few hours by boat to the northwest.