page_title: Vatnahverfi
hierarchical_section_title: Vatnahverfi
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Cultures et paysages naturels à Vatnahverfi.
context_page_description: Vatnahverfi was a district in the Norse Greenlanders’ Eastern Settlement and is generally regarded by archaeologists and historians as having the best pastoral land in the colony. The Norse settled Vatnahverfi in the late 10th century and farmed there for nearly 500 years before mysteriously disappearing from the district and the entirety of Greenland, likely at some point in the latter 15th century. Its name is roughly translated as “Lake District."
context_section_description: Vatnahverfi was a district in the Norse Greenlanders’ Eastern Settlement (Eystribyggð) and is generally regarded by archaeologists and historians as having the best pastoral land in the colony. The Norse settled Vatnahverfi in the late 10th century and farmed there for nearly 500 years before mysteriously disappearing from the district and the entirety of Greenland, likely at some point in the latter 15th century. Its name is roughly translated as “Lake District."
caption: Pastoral land in Vatnahverfi. Modern farms in the district are almost invariably situated on former Norse sites.
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