Dyrnæs
  Location of Dyrnæs in Greenland | |
| Location | North of Narsaq, Greenland |
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| Region | Greenland |
| Coordinates | 60.941°0′0″N 46.048°0′0″W / 60.94100°N 46.04800°W |
| History | |
| Associated with | Norsemen |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1932 |
Dyrnæs was a Norse settlement in Eastern Settlement in Greenland. It was located to the north of modern-day Narsaq.
History
[edit]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]
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