Hvalsey
Hvalseyjarfjord 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.
- Archaeological site
- …lies at an elevation of 23 metres (75 feet)
- Description: historic norse settlement in Greenland
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hvalsey Church ruin.
Hvalsey Church ruin
Historic site
Hvalsey Church was a Catholic church at the abandoned…
Hvalsey
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Latitude
60.82861° or 60° 49′ 43″ north
Longitude
-45.78278° or 45° 46′ 58″ west
Open location code
98GPR6H8+CV
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Hvalsey” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Hvalsey”
- Basque: “Qaqortukulooq”
- Catalan: “Hvalsey”
- Cebuano: “Hvalsey (arkiyolohiyang dapit)”
- Cebuano: “Hvalsey”
- Danish: “Hvalsey”
- Dutch: “Hvalsey”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جزيرة الحوت”
- French: “Hvalsey”
- German: “Hvalsey”
- Icelandic: “Hvalsey”
- Icelandic: “Hvalseyjarfjörður”
- Indonesian: “Hvalsey”
- Italian: “Hvalsey”
- Italian: “Qaqortukukooq”
- Japanese: “フヴァルセー”
- Latvian: “Valsaja”
- Latvian: “Valseja”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hvalsey”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Qaqortukukooq”
- Norwegian: “Hvalsey”
- Polish: “Hvalsey”
- Portuguese: “Hvalsey”
- Romanian: “Hvalsey”
- Russian: “Хвальсей”
- Spanish: “Hvalsey”
- Swedish: “Hvalsey”
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