Straumfjörð
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Straumfjörður (Icelandic), or Straumfjǫrðr (Old Norse), sometimes anglicised to Straumsfjordr, Straumfjordr, Straumsfjord or Straumfjord, is according to the Sagas of Icelanders a fjord in Vinland where Thorfinn Karlsefni set up a temporary settlement. It is described in the Saga of Erik the Red, but not in the Greenland saga. Its name translates to "Current-fjord", "Stream-fjord" or "Tide-fjord".
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Encyclopedic overview
27 sectionsContents
- Location
- Directions
- Saga of Erik the Red
- Hallmarks
- Currents
- Climate
- Seamanship
- Skepticism
- Suggested locations
- Ungava Bay
- Sandwich Bay
- Strait of Belle Isle
- L'Anse aux Meadows
- Sop's Arm
- St. Lawrence
- Baie des Sept-Îles
- Chaleur Bay
- Mira Bay
- Strait of Canso
- Lobster Bay
- Bay of Fundy
- Environs of Mount Desert Island
- Bass River, Cape Cod
- Buzzards Bay
- Long Island Sound
- Hudson River
- References
Straumfjörður (Icelandic), or Straumfjǫrðr (Old Norse), sometimes anglicised to Straumsfjordr, Straumfjordr, Straumsfjord or Straumfjord, is according to the Sagas of Icelanders a fjord in Vinland where Thorfinn Karlsefni set up a temporary settlement. It is described in the Saga of Erik the Red, but not in the Greenland saga. Its name translates to "Current-fjord", "Stream-fjord" or "Tide-fjord".
Two somewhat different versions of the travels of Karlsefni appear in the sagas; they are found in the Hauksbók and the Flateyjarbók. They tell that Straumsey (Current-isle) lies at the mouth of Straumfjörð; this is an island with an extreme density of birds.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Straumfjörð” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.