Hvalseyfjorden

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Hvalseyfjorden is a fjord in southern Greenland known for its association with the nearby Norse settlement of Hvalsey and its historic church ruins.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Hvalsey Fjord 1
Hvalseyfjorden canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fjord
associatedWith Hvalsey Church
Norse settlement of Hvalsey
climate subarctic climate
continent North America
country Greenland
hasNearbyArchaeologicalSite Hvalsey church ruins
linked to: Hvalsey Church

Hvalsey farmstead
linked to: Hvalsey Church
hasNearbyFeature Hvalsey Church gable walls
Norse farm ruins at Hvalsey
hasNearbySettlement Hvalsey
Qaqortoq
hasNearbyWaterBody Eriksfjord
Tunulliarfik Fjord
historicalPeriod Norse Greenland
historicalRegion Eastern Settlement
knownFor Hvalsey church ruins
linked to: Hvalsey Church

nearby Norse ruins
languageOfToponym Danish
Norwegian
locatedIn Greenlandic Norse area
southern Greenland
locatedOn Kujalleq
partOf North Atlantic Ocean
linked to: Atlantic Ocean
region South Greenland
linked to: Southern Greenland
tourismType cultural tourism
heritage tourism
usedFor fishing
marine navigation

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hvalsey nearbyWaterBody Hvalseyfjorden
Hvalsey Church locatedIn Hvalsey Fjord
linked to: Hvalseyfjorden