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A map showing Viking-Bergen island to the north of Doggerland 10,000 BCE. From approximately 15,500 to 13,600 years before present (BP), sea levels in the region were lower by 100 to 110 metres (330 to 360 ft), and possibly more than 140 metres (460 ft). [1] At this time, Viking-Bergen would have been an island surrounded by a shallow sea.
Map of Doggerland at its near maximum extent c. 10,000 years Before Present (~8,000 BCE) (top left) and its subsequent disintegration by 7,000 BP (~5,000 BCE). Doggerland was an area of land in Northern Europe, now submerged beneath the southern North Sea.
The Viking Age is the term denoting the years from about 700 to 1100 in European history. It was a formative period in Scandinavian history. Norse people explored Europe by its oceans and rivers through trade and warfare. They also reached Iceland, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Newfoundland, and Anatolia. This category lists towns and settlements ...
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A map of the Eastern Settlement on Greenland, covering approximately the modern municipality of Kujalleq. Eiriksfjord (Erik's fjord) and his farm Brattahlíð are shown, as is the location of the bishopric at Gardar. According to the Sagas of Icelanders, Norsemen from Iceland first settled Greenland in the 980s. There is no special reason to ...
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Cortes Bank is a shallow seamount (a barely submerged island) in the North Pacific Ocean off California. It is 96 miles (83 nmi; 154 km) southwest of San Pedro in Los Angeles , 111 miles (96 nmi; 179 km) west of Point Loma in San Diego , and 47 miles (41 nmi; 76 km) southwest of San Clemente Island in Los Angeles County .
Map of the Western Settlement of the Norse in medieval Greenland, in the modern municipality of Sermersooq. The known farms (red dots) and churches are identified, as well as some probable geographical names. "The farm under the sand" is more commonly known as "GUS" from its Danish name "Gården under sandet".