Ikigait
Former community in Greenland
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Ikigait
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Location within GreenlandIkigait is a former community in Greenland about 3 kilometers west of Narsarmijit. It was the site of Herjólfr Bárðarson's farm Herjolfsnes ("Herjolf's Point"[1]), one of the easternmost of the Norse settlements during their colonization of Greenland.[2]
The location was established around 1885, when a few artifacts were discovered and returned to Denmark. In 1921, an excavation was led by Danish historian and archaeologist Poul Nørlund (1888-1951), which found the church graveyard.[3][4]
References
- ^ Scott, Brian M. Place-Names in the Landnámabók Archived 2012-03-24 at the Wayback Machine". Accessed 28 Apr 2012.
- ^ Fiske, John. The Discovery of America, Vol. 1. Echo Library, 2009. ISBN 1406829293.
- ^ "The Ten-Gore Dress: Cotehardies from Herjolfsnes Archived 2012-05-01 at the Wayback Machine". Accessed 28 Apr 2012.
- ^ Grinder-Hansen, Poul (23 April 2023). "Poul Nørlund" (in Danish). Den Store Danske. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
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59°59′N 44°42′W / 59.983°N 44.700°W / 59.983; -44.700
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