Gardar Cathedral of Saint Nicholas
Garðar Cathedral, known formally as the Cathedral of Saint Nicholas, was a Roman Catholic cathedral church located in Garðar, situated in Igaliku, Greenland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Svickova, Public domain.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: ruined cathedral in Igaliku, Greenland
- Also known as: “Gardar Cathedral”, “Garðar Cathedral”, “Garðar Cathedral Ruins”, “Gardar Domkirke”, and “Garðar Domkirke”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Garðar and Igaliku Heliport.
Garðar
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Garðar was the seat of the bishop in the Norse settlements in Greenland. It was the first Catholic diocese established in the Americas and is now a Latin Catholic titular see.
Igaliku Heliport
Helipad
Igaliku Heliport is a heliport in Igaliku, a village in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. The heliport is considered a helistop, and is served by Air Greenland as part of a government contract. Igaliku Heliport is situated 710 metres northwest of Gardar Cathedral of Saint Nicholas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Igaliku.
Igaliku
Igaliku is a settlement in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. The town was founded as Igaliko in 1783 by the trader and colonial administrator Anders Olsen and his Greenlandic wife, Tuperna.
Gardar Cathedral of Saint Nicholas
- Categories: cathedral, church, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Kujalleq, Greenland, North America
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Latitude
60.98727° or 60° 59′ 14″ northLongitude
-45.42322° or 45° 25′ 24″ westOpen location code
98GPXHPG+WPOpenStreetMap ID
way 334220384OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q38251739
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Polish—“Gardar Cathedral of Saint Nicholas” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Garðar Domkirke”
- Danish: “Garðar Domkirke”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائيه الحدائق”
- French: “cathédrale de Gardar”
- French: “cathédrale de Garðar”
- French: “Cathédrale de Garðar”
- French: “Garðar Domkirke”
- German: “Garðar Domkirke”
- German: “Kathedrale von Garðar”
- Polish: “Ruiny katedry w Gardarze”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Igaliku Solar Farm and Nuuluk.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Igaliku Bygdehotel and Igaliku Country Hotel.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Gardar Cathedral of Saint Nicholas”. Photo: Svickova, Public domain.