Eastern Settlement, Greenland
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Eastern Settlement, Greenland was the larger and longer-lasting of the two main Norse Viking colony areas in southern Greenland, inhabited from the late 10th century until its decline in the 15th century.
All labels observed (8)
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eastern Settlement, Greenland Context triple: [Hvalsey, locatedIn, Eastern Settlement, Greenland]
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Hvalsey
Hvalsey is the best-preserved Norse ruin site in Greenland, known for its stone church and remnants of a medieval farming settlement.
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B.
Grytviken
Grytviken is a former whaling station and now-abandoned settlement on the island of South Georgia, notable for its historical role in Antarctic exploration and as the burial place of Ernest Shackleton.
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C.
Qassiarsuk
Qassiarsuk is a village in southern Greenland known as the site of Erik the Red’s former Norse settlement, Brattahlid.
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D.
Greenland, New Hampshire
Greenland, New Hampshire is a small New England town in Rockingham County known for its historic character and proximity to the Seacoast region.
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E.
Thule Island
Thule Island is a remote, uninhabited volcanic island in the South Sandwich Islands of the South Atlantic Ocean, known for its harsh climate and rugged terrain.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eastern Settlement, Greenland Target entity description: Eastern Settlement, Greenland was the larger and longer-lasting of the two main Norse Viking colony areas in southern Greenland, inhabited from the late 10th century until its decline in the 15th century.
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A.
Hvalsey
Hvalsey is the best-preserved Norse ruin site in Greenland, known for its stone church and remnants of a medieval farming settlement.
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B.
Grytviken
Grytviken is a former whaling station and now-abandoned settlement on the island of South Georgia, notable for its historical role in Antarctic exploration and as the burial place of Ernest Shackleton.
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C.
Qassiarsuk
Qassiarsuk is a village in southern Greenland known as the site of Erik the Red’s former Norse settlement, Brattahlid.
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D.
Greenland, New Hampshire
Greenland, New Hampshire is a small New England town in Rockingham County known for its historic character and proximity to the Seacoast region.
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Thule Island
Thule Island is a remote, uninhabited volcanic island in the South Sandwich Islands of the South Atlantic Ocean, known for its harsh climate and rugged terrain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (71)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Norse settlement
ⓘ
archaeological site complex ⓘ |
| affectedBy | Little Ice Age ⓘ |
| archaeologicalStatus | abandoned ruins ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Iceland by sea routes
ⓘ
Norway by sea routes ⓘ |
| containsSite |
Brattahlíð
ⓘ
Brattahlíð farm of Erik the Red ⓘ
surface form:
Eiríksfjörður farms
Gardar ⓘ
surface form:
Garðar
Hvalsey ⓘ Gardar ruins ⓘ
surface form:
Igaliku (Garðar area)
Lichtenau (Alluitsoq) mission area ⓘ Qaqortoq region farms ⓘ Tunulliarfik Fjord farms ⓘ Vatnahverfi district ⓘ |
| country | Greenland ⓘ |
| declineFactors |
climate cooling
ⓘ
economic changes in Europe ⓘ isolation from Europe ⓘ possible conflict or competition with Inuit ⓘ |
| endTime | 15th century ⓘ |
| era |
High Middle Ages
ⓘ
Viking Age ⓘ |
| estimatedFarmCount | about 190 farms ⓘ |
| exported |
furs
ⓘ
hides ⓘ walrus ivory ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Erik the Red ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Roman Catholic bishopric of Gardar
ⓘ
surface form:
Greenlandic bishopric at Garðar
|
| hasCapital | Brattahlíð ⓘ |
| hasChurch |
Brattahlíð church
ⓘ
Brattahlíð church ⓘ
surface form:
Garðar cathedral
Hvalsey Church ⓘ |
| hasClimate | subarctic ⓘ |
| hasEconomyType |
cattle herding
ⓘ
goat herding ⓘ pastoral farming ⓘ seal hunting ⓘ sheep herding ⓘ walrus hunting ⓘ |
| hasPopulationType |
Icelandic-origin farmers
ⓘ
Norse clergy ⓘ Norse settlers ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Kujataa Greenland: Norse and Inuit Farming at the Edge of the Ice Cap ⓘ |
| imported |
grain
ⓘ
iron ⓘ luxury goods ⓘ timber ⓘ |
| inception | c. 985 ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Old Norse language
ⓘ
surface form:
Old Norse
|
| largerThan | Western Settlement, Greenland ⓘ |
| lastDocumentedEvent | wedding at Hvalsey Church in 1408 ⓘ |
| laterSovereign | Kalmar Union ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
North Atlantic area
ⓘ
surface form:
North Atlantic region
Southern Greenland ⓘ
surface form:
southern Greenland
|
| longerLastingThan | Western Settlement, Greenland ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Íslendingasögur
ⓘ
surface form:
Icelandic sagas
|
| namedAfter | its position relative to Iceland and Europe ⓘ |
| partOf |
Norse Greenland
ⓘ
Norse colonies in Greenland ⓘ
surface form:
Viking Age North Atlantic colonies
|
| previousReligion | Norse paganism ⓘ |
| relativeLocation |
closer to Iceland than the Western Settlement, Greenland
ⓘ
southeast of the Western Settlement, Greenland ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| sovereignDuringPeak | Kingdom of Norway ⓘ |
| startTime | late 10th century ⓘ |
| studiedBy | archaeologists ⓘ |
| timeOfLastWrittenRecord | 1408 ⓘ |
| UNESCOInscriptionYear | 2017 ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion |
Greenland
ⓘ
surface form:
Kujataa Greenland
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Eastern Settlement, Greenland Description of subject: Eastern Settlement, Greenland was the larger and longer-lasting of the two main Norse Viking colony areas in southern Greenland, inhabited from the late 10th century until its decline in the 15th century.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Norse settlement of Greenland
this entity surface form:
Norse settlements in Greenland
this entity surface form:
Eastern Settlement in Greenland
this entity surface form:
Greenlandic Norse settlements
this entity surface form:
Eastern Settlement (Greenland)
this entity surface form:
Eastern Settlement (Greenland)
this entity surface form:
Eastern Settlement of Greenland
this entity surface form:
Igaliku, Greenland