Natural features

Disko Bay whale watching

Greenland Qeqertalik Qeqertarsuaq

Disko Bay whale watching
Photo: David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Humpback, minke and fin whales feed in Disko Bay in summer among icebergs. Disko Island, with the town of Qeqertarsuaq, has basalt mountains and dog sledding even in summer on a glacier.


Boats run from Ilulissat.

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