Hvalsey
Sign in to saveHvalseyjarfjord ("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.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Hvalsey
- Ancient site.native_name
- Qaqortukulooq
- Ancient site.caption
- The ruins of the church at Hvalsey
- Ancient site.map_type
- Greenland
- Ancient site.map_caption
- Location of Hvalsey in Greenland
- Ancient site.map_size
- 240
- Ancient site.relief
- yes
- Ancient site.location
- Close to Qaqortoq, Greenland
- Ancient site.region
- Greenland
- Ancient site.occupants
- Norsemen
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.child
- yes
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.Part_of
- Kujataa Greenland: Norse and Inuit Farming at the Edge of the Ice Cap
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.ID
- 1536-005
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.Year
- 2017
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.Criteria
- Cultural: v
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- rural area
- Part of
- Eastern Settlement
- Country
- Greenland
- Located in
- Kujalleq
- Area
- 7382
- Image
- Hvalsey Church.jpg
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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.
==History== According to the Icelandic Book of Settlements (Landnámabók), the farmstead was established by Erik the Red's uncle, Þorkell Farserkur (Thorkell Farserk) in the late 10th century.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hvalsey” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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