Ikigait
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.
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.
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 25 March 2016.
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59°59′N 44°42′W / 59.983°N 44.700°W
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