Dyrnæs

Location of Dyrnæs in Eastern Settlement.

Dyrnæs was a Norse settlement in Eastern Settlement in Greenland. It was located to the north of modern-day Narsaq.

History

According to Ívar Bárðarson, Dyrnæs was one of the largest parishes in Norse Greenland. It consisted of a church and several farms, and probably covered the entire western part of the Narsaq peninsula.^[1] The ruins of the church were discovered during an archaeological dig in 1932.^[1]

References

1 2 Dyrnæs, Narsaq Museum

Abandoned sites in Greenland

Greenlandic
Danish
Inuit

Qaasuitsup	Annoatok Appaalissiorfik Appat (Ritenbenck) Ataa Comer's Midden Etah Ikermiut Illulik Itissaalik Kuuk Moriusaq Narsaarsuk Pituffik Qaqortuatsiaq Qernertuarssuit Qilakitsoq Qullissat Saattoq Sarfaq Sermermiut

Qeqqata	Nipisat Island

Sermersooq	Ikkatteq Itterajivit (Kap Hope) Ivittuut Kangeq (Håbets Ø) Kangerluarsoruseq (Færingehavn) Nualik Qoornoq Umanak Umivik Uunarteq (Kap Tobin)

Kujalleq	Akunnat (Lichtenfels) Alluitsoq (Lichtenau) Idlorpait Ikigait

outside municipalities	Clavering Island Pituffik

Norse

Western (Vestribyggð)	Sandnæs (Kilaarsarfik)

Eastern (Eystribyggð)	Brattahlíð Dyrnæs Garðar Hvalsey Herjolfsnes

Polar exploration

Paleo-Eskimo

Deltaterrasserne

Coordinates: 60°56′28″N 46°02′53″W / 60.941°N 46.048°W / 60.941; -46.048

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