Statue of Leif Erikson

Leif Eriksson is an outdoor statue by Anne Whitney at the west end of the Commonwealth Avenue Mall in , , United States. Installed in 1887, it was the first public sculpture to honor the Norse explorer in the New World.
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  • Memorial
  • …lies at an elevation of 16 feet (5 metres)
  • …is inscribed with “Leif the Discoverer, Son of Erik, who sailed from Iceland and landed on this continent, AD 1000.”
  • Description: statue in Boston, Massachusetts
  • Also known as
    “Leif Erickson Statue”
    “Leif Ericson”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hynes Convention Center station and Kenmore station.
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is an underground… is situated 1,200 feet east of Statue of Leif Erikson.
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is an underground light rail station… is situated 1,200 feet west of Statue of Leif Erikson.
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is a private music college in , Massachusetts. is situated 1,100 feet southeast of Statue of Leif Erikson.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fenway-Kenmore and Back Bay.
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The neighborhood is named after Kenmore…
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Historical heavyweights, and Beacon Hill are some of 's most beautiful neighborhoods.
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is a neighborhood in , United States.

Statue of Leif Erikson

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Latitude
42.34903° or 42° 20′ 57″ north
Longitude
-71.09137° or 71° 5′ 29″ west
Open location code
87JC8WX5+JF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 345437365
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Wiki­data ID
Q85803330

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Statue of Leif Erikson” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Leif Erickson Statue”
  • Turkish: “Leif Erikson Heykeli”

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