Ikigait

Coordinates: 59°59′N 44°42′W / 59.983°N 44.700°W

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Ikigait

Location within Greenland

Ikigait 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

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^ 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.

Abandoned sites in Greenland

Greenlandic
Inuit
Danish

Avannaata	Annoatok Appaalissiorfik Appat (Ritenbenck) Ataa Comer's Midden Etah Ikermiut Illorsuit Illulik Itissaalik Kuuk Moriusaq Narsaarsuk Nuugaatsiaq Qaqortuatsiaq Qernertuarssuit Qilakitsoq Saattoq Sarfaq Sermermiut
Qeqertalik	Qullissat
Qeqqata	Nipisat Island
Sermersooq	Ikkatteq Itterajivit (Kap Hope) Ivittuut Kangeq (Håbets Ø) Kangerluarsoruseq (Færingehavn) Nualik Qoornoq Umanak Umivik Uunarteq (Kap Tobin)
Kujalleq	Akunnat (Lichtenfels) Alluitsoq (Lichtenau) Idlorpait Ikigait Østprøven
outside municipalities	Clavering Island Pituffik Sabine Island

Greenlandic Norse
Norsemen/Vikings

Western (Vestribyggð)	Sandnæs (Kilaarsarfik)
Eastern (Eystribyggð)	Brattahlíð Dyrnæs Garðar Hvalsey Herjolfsnes
Middle Settlement	Farm ruins discovered

Faroese

Føroyingahavnin (Kangerluarsoruseq)

American

Bluie East	Bluie East One Bluie East Two Bluie East Three Bluie East Four Bluie East Five
Bluie West	Bluie West One Bluie West Two Bluie West Three Bluie West Four Bluie West Five Bluie West Six Bluie West Seven Bluie West Eight Bluie West Nine
DEW line	DYE-1 DYE-2 DYE-3 DYE-4
Project Iceworm	Camp Century Camp Fistclench

Dutch

German

Moravian	Neu-Herrnhut Lichtenfels (Akunnat) Lichtenau (Alluitsoq) Friedrichsthal (Narsarmijit) Umanak Idlorpait
Wehrmacht	Holzauge (Hansa Bay, Sabine Island) Edelweiss (Dove Bay) Edelweiss II (Lille Koldewey)

Polar exploration

Paleo-Eskimo

Deltaterrasserne

59°59′N 44°42′W / 59.983°N 44.700°W / 59.983; -44.700

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