🏛️ Kujataa Greenland: Norse and Inuit Farming at the Edge of the Ice Cap

← All sites

Kujataa is a sub-arctic farming landscape in Kujalleq, Greenland. It is the first known example of agriculture in the Arctic, and the oldest evidence of the Old Norse culture spreading outside Europe. The unique juxtaposition of farming, hunting, and fishing that occurred in the region from the 10th through 15th centuries and from the 18th century to today headlined the region's inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2017 as Kujataa Greenland: Norse and Inuit Farming at the Edge of the Ice Cap.

Read the full article on Wikipedia →

Quick facts

Kujataa Greenland: Norse and Inuit Farming at the Edge of the Ice Cap is a cultural World Heritage site in Denmark, in Europe. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Kujataa Greenland: Norse and Inuit Farming at the Edge of the Ice Cap was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

More sites in Denmark

Kronborg Castle · Stevns Klint · Churches and Runes of Jelling · Christiansfeld · Roskilde Cathedral · Wadden Sea · The par force hunting landscape in North Zealand · Aasivissuit – Nipisat. Inuit Hunting Ground between Ice and Sea · Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church · Viking-Age Ring Fortresses · Møns Klint · The Bony Fish Fossils of the Western Limfjord – Evolution and Climate Adaptation in the Earliest Eocene.

Coordinates are an approximate site centre. Introduction & image: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached 30 days; the page renders even if the feed is momentarily unreachable.