
The church ruin of Hvalsey
'Hvalsey' (
Danish ''Hvalsø'', Greenlandic ''Qaqortukukooq'') is a location near
Qaqortoq,
Greenland and the site of a number of Greenland's best preserved
Norse ruins in what was known by the Norse as the
Eastern Settlement, all of which were abandoned after
1408 AD, after approximately 450 years of habitation.
External links
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Slipshod workmanship from Viking Times
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Hvalsey Qaqortoq church ruin - image gallery
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Fixing Up Hvalsey