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Disko Island
Disko Island. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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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 (3,312 mi2), making it the second largest island of Greenland (behind the main island), and one of the 100 largest islands in the world. It is part of the Qeqertalik municipality, although it lies off the coast of southern Avannaata municipality, with mainland Qeqertalik a little to the south.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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