Norway to North America, c. 1000 AD
Vikings to Vinland
Leif Erikson's voyage across the North Atlantic, 500 years before Columbus.
- Stops
- 7
- Straight-line distance
- ≈ 5,508 km
- Look
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The stops
- 1
Norway
Western Norway (Bergen)
Oseberg ship, Viking Ship Museum, Oslo
Viking ship · 671 km - 2
Faroe Islands
Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
Sørvágsvatn lake, Faroe Islands
Viking ship · 804 km - 3
Iceland
Eiríksstaðir, Iceland (Erik the Red's farm)
Eiríksstaðir longhouse, Iceland
Viking ship · 1,273 km - 4
Greenland
Brattahlíð (Qassiarsuk), Greenland
Qassiarsuk (Brattahlíð), Greenland
Viking ship · 1,210 km - 5
Helluland
Baffin Island (Helluland)
Mount Thor, Baffin Island
Viking ship · 1,267 km - 6
Markland
Labrador coast (Markland)
Labrador Coast, by William Bradford
Viking ship · 283 km - 7
Vinland
L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland
Norse sod houses, L'Anse aux Meadows
Photo credits
From Wikimedia Commons, resized and cropped. Each credit also shows in the corner of the video while its photo is on screen.
- Oseberg ship, Viking Ship Museum, Oslo by Larry Lamsa · CC BY 2.0 · source
- Sørvágsvatn lake, Faroe Islands by Stig Nygaard · CC BY 2.0 · source
- Eiríksstaðir longhouse, Iceland by Pietro Valocchi · CC BY 3.0 · source
- Qassiarsuk (Brattahlíð), Greenland by claire rowland · CC BY 2.0 · source
- Mount Thor, Baffin Island by Paul Gierszewski · Public domain · source
- Labrador Coast, by William Bradford by William Bradford · Public domain · source
- Norse sod houses, L'Anse aux Meadows by Dylan Kereluk · CC BY 2.0 · source
