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

AssociatedwithNorsemen
LocationNorth of Narsaq, Greenland
RegionGreenland
Excavationdates1932
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Dyrnæs
Dyrnæs is located in Greenland
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Location of Dyrnæs in Greenland
60.941°0′0″N 46.048°0′0″W
Associated withNorsemen
LocationNorth of Narsaq, Greenland
RegionGreenland
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Excavation dates1932
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Location of Dyrnæs in the Eastern Settlement.

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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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