Archaeological Sites in Greenland

City/town/settlement in Greenland (4)

Independence Fjord

Independence Fjord

Independence Fjord or Independence Sound is a large fjord or sound in the eastern part of northern Greenland. It is about 200 km long and up to 30 km wide. In the area around…

City/town/settlement · 3000 - 1500 BC

Nipisat Island

Nipisat Island is a small, uninhabited island in the Qeqqata municipality in central-western Greenland. The island is notable for its well preserved Saqqaq culture archaeological…

City/town/settlement · 3000 - 1500 BC
Qilakitsoq

Qilakitsoq

Qilakitsoq is an abandoned settlement and an important archaeological site in Greenland. It is the location of the discovery of eight mummified corpses from the Thule period.…

City/town/settlement · Undated
Qoornoq

Qoornoq

Qoornoq is an uninhabited fishing village in Sermersooq municipality, southwestern Greenland. Archaeological evidence shows the area was inhabited by Saqqaq culture (Paleo-Eskimo)…

City/town/settlement · 3000 - 1500 BC

Archaeological site in Greenland (2)

Comer's Midden

Comer's Midden was a 1916 archaeological excavation site at Uummannaq, known as Dundas in English, north of Mt. Dundas in the Thule area of North Star Bay. It is the find after…

Archaeological site · 1000 - 1500 AD

Deltaterrasserne

Deltaterrasserne ('delta terraces') is a pre-Inuit occupation archaeological site located near the head of Jørgen Brønlund Fjord on the Peary Land peninsula in northern Greenland.…

Archaeological site · 3000 - 1500 BC

Natural feature in Greenland (1)

Pisissarfik

Pisissarfik

Pisissarfik (old spelling Pisigsarfik) is a 1,220-metre-high mountain in the Sermersooq municipality, West Greenland. The mountain is near the settlement of Kapisillit on the…

Natural feature · 1500+ AD

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