L'Anse aux Meadows - Newfoundland and Labrador
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N 51° 35.718 W 055° 31.950
21U E 601648 N 5717048
the most famous archaeological site of Viking settlement in North America, located on the northernmost tip of the island of Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Waymark Code: WMR21X
Location: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Date Posted: 04/30/2016
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According to Wikipedia, "L'Anse aux Meadows (from the French L'Anse-aux-Méduses or "Jellyfish Cove") is an archaeological site on the northernmost tip of the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Discovered in 1960, it is the most famous site of a Norse or Viking settlement in North America.
Dating to around the year 1000, L'Anse aux Meadows is widely accepted as evidence of pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact. It is notable for its possible connection with the attempted colony of Vinland established by Leif Erikson around the same period or, more broadly, with Norse exploration of the Americas. It was named a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1978."
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