Norse settlements in Greenland

norse explorer (c. 970 – c. 1020)

explorer and founder of the first viking settlement in Greenland

Icelandic explorer

thumb|The '''''' (, , ; ) is a historical work dealing with early Icelandic history. The author was an Icelandic priest, Ari Þorgilsson, working in the early 12th century. The work originally existed in two different versions but only the younger one has survived. The older contained information on Norwegian kings, made use of by later writers of kings' sagas.

Icelandic saga about the Norse exploration of North America

Kujataa is a sub-arctic farming landscape in Kujalleq, Greenland. It is the first known example of agriculture in the Arctic, and the oldest evidence of the Old Norse culture spreading outside Europe. The unique juxtaposition of farming, hunting, and fishing that occurred in the region from the 10th through 15th centuries and from the 18th century to today headlined the region's inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2017 as Kujataa Greenland: Norse and Inuit Farming at the Edge of the Ice Cap.

Icelandic saga about the Norse exploration of North America

Ivittuut (formerly, Ivigtût; Greenlandic for "Grassy Place") is an abandoned mining town near Cape Desolation in southwestern Greenland, in the modern Sermersooq municipality on the ruins of the former Norse Middle Settlement.

Area of Norse Greenland

Brattahlíð (), often anglicised as Brattahlid, was Erik the Red's estate in the Eastern Settlement Viking colony he established in south-western Greenland toward the end of the 10th century. The present settlement of Qassiarsuk is now located on the former estate. The site is about from the ocean, at the head of the Tunulliarfik Fjord, and hence sheltered from ocean storms.

Icelandic explorer

Hvalseyjarfjord ("Whale Island fjord"; Greenlandic Qaqortukulooq) is located at the back of Qaqortoq, Greenland and is the site of Greenland's largest, best-preserved Norse ruins in the area known as the Eastern Settlement (Eystribyggð). In 2017, it was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List and part of the Kujataa Greenland site.

Icelandic explorer

Daughter of Erik the Red

settlements in Greenland

former Norse settlement in Greenland

ruins of church in Hvalseyjarfjord, Greenland

extinct North Germanic language spoken by Norse settlers in Greenland

Norse settlements in Greenland during the Middle Age

Norwegian explorer

Herjólfsnes (Danish: Herjolfsnæs) was a Norse Icelandic settlement in Greenland, 50 km northwest of Cape Farewell. It was established by Herjólfr Bardsson in the late 10th century and is believed to have lasted some 500 years. The fate of its inhabitants, along with all the other Norse Greenlanders, is unknown. The site is known today for having yielded remarkably well-preserved medieval garments, excavated by Danish archaeologist Poul Nørlund in 1921. Its name roughly translates as Herjolf's Point or Cape.

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Bishop of Greenland

ruined cathedral in Igaliku, Greenland

Vatnahverfi (West Greenlandic: Tasikuluulik) was a district in the Norse Greenlanders’ Eastern Settlement (Eystribyggð) and is generally regarded by archaeologists and historians as having the best pastoral land in the colony. The Norse settled Vatnahverfi in the late 10th century and farmed there for nearly 500 years before mysteriously disappearing from the district and the entirety of Greenland, likely at some point in the latter 15th century. Its name is roughly translated as “Lake District." thumb|right|Pastoral land in Vatnahverfi. Modern farms in the district are almost invariably situa

medieval Icelandic tale concerning Bishop Arnaldr and a fight over the property of Arnbjörn

Ikigait (Danish: Herjulfsnæs) is a former community in Greenland about 3 km west of Narsarmijit. It was the site of Herjólfr Bárðarson's farm Herjolfsnes ("Herjolf's Point"), one of the easternmost of the Norse settlements during their colonization of Greenland.