Garðar

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.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: former Norse settlement in Greenland
  • Also known as: “Diocese of Garðar”, “Gardar”, “Garðar, Greenland”, and “Gardhar”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gardar Cathedral of Saint Nicholas and Igaliku Heliport.

Archaeological site
Photo: Svickova, Public domain.
Garðar Cathedral, known formally as the Cathedral of Saint Nicholas, was a Roman Catholic cathedral church located in Garðar, situated in , .

Helipad
is a heliport in , a village in the municipality in southern . The heliport is considered a helistop, and is served by Air Greenland as part of a government contract. is situated 750 metres northwest of Garðar.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Igaliku.

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is a settlement in the municipality in southern . The town was founded as Igaliko in 1783 by the trader and colonial administrator Anders Olsen and his Greenlandic wife, Tuperna.

Garðar

Latitude
60.98676° or 60° 59′ 12″ north
Longitude
-45.42341° or 45° 25′ 24″ west
Open location code
98GPXHPG+PJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 963427054
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q1456839
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Garðar” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Garðar”
  • Catalan: “Garðar”
  • Chinese: “加扎尔”
  • Chinese: “加扎爾”
  • Chinese: “加达”
  • Danish: “Gardar”
  • Dutch: “Gardar”
  • Dutch: “Garðar”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جارفار”
  • Estonian: “Garðari piiskopkond”
  • French: “Garðar”
  • French: “Gardhar”
  • German: “Bistum Garðar”
  • Icelandic: “Garðar”
  • Indonesian: “Garðar, Greenland”
  • Italian: “Garðar”
  • Japanese: “ガルザル”
  • Japanese: “ガルダル”
  • Korean: “가르다르”
  • Latin: “Dioecesis Gardensis”
  • Latvian: “Gardara”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gardar bispedømme”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Garðar bispedømme”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Grønlands bispestol”
  • Polish: “Gardar”
  • Russian: “Гардар”
  • Spanish: “diócesis de Gardar”
  • Spanish: “diócesis de Garðar”
  • Spanish: “diócesis de Gardhar”
  • Spanish: “Garðar”
  • Swedish: “Gardar”
  • Swedish: “Garðar”

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