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Erik the Red's Land (Norwegian: Eirik Raudes Land) was the name given by Norwegians to an area on the coast of eastern Greenland occupied by Norway in the early 1930s. It was named after Erik the Red, the founder of the first Norse or Viking settlements in Greenland in the 10th century.
Greenland also contains the world's largest national park; it is the largest constituent country by area in the world and is the fourth largest country subdivision in the world, after Sakha Republic in Russia, Australia's state of Western Australia, and Russia's Krasnoyarsk Krai, and the largest in North America.
Erik the Red's Land, northeast coast of Greenland and Fridtjof Nansen Land, southeast coast of Greenland, claimed and annexed from 1931 until awarded to Denmark by a court decision in 1933. [12] Inari and Petsamo, now part of Finland and Russia, claimed from Finland from about 1942 to 1945 by the Quisling regime during the Nazi occupation of ...
Hvalsey ("Whale Island"; Greenlandic Qaqortukulooq) is located near Qaqortoq, Greenland and is the site of Greenland's largest, best-preserved Norse ruins in the area known as the Eastern Settlement (Eystribyggð). In 2017, it was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List and part of the Kujataa Greenland site.
Fridtjof Nansen Land (Norwegian: Fridtjof Nansens Land) was a suggested but not officially adopted Norwegian name of a territory on the southern East Coast of Greenland, [1] [2] that was proclaimed by Norway on July 12, 1932, and occupied until April 5, 1933.
The present settlement of Qassiarsuk, approximately 5 km (3.1 mi) southwest from the Narsarsuaq settlement, is now located in its place. The site is located about 96 km (60 mi) from the ocean, at the head of the Tunulliarfik Fjord, and hence sheltered from ocean storms. Erik and his descendants lived there until about the mid-15th century.
Rest of Greenland – UTC-02; Extreme points of Greenland. High: Gunnbjørn Fjeld 3,700 m (12,139 ft) – highest point in the Arctic; Low: Arctic Ocean and North Atlantic Ocean 0 m; Land boundaries: Canada 1,280 m (4,200 feet) Coastline: 44,087 km; Population of Greenland: 56,344; Area of Greenland: 2,166,086 km 2; Atlas of Greenland
Norway is also the world's second-largest exporter of fish (in value, after China). [172] [173] Fish from fish farms and catch constitutes the second largest (behind oil/natural gas) export product measured in value. [174] [175] Norway is the world's largest producer of salmon, followed by Chile. [176]