Investigating the Norse Harbour of Igaliku (Southern Greenland) Using an Integrated System of Side-Scan Sonar and High-Resolution Reflection Seismics

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Dennis Wilken, Tina Wunderlich, Peter Feldens, Joris Coolen, John Preston, Natascha Mehler
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: Greenland; Norse period; Garðar; side-scan sonar; reflection seismics; bathymetry; Igaliku; Igaliku Fjord
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11161889

This study presents the results of a marine geophysical survey performed in the Igaliku fjord in southern Greenland in order to understand the harbour setting of the former Norse settlement Garðar (modern Igaliku). The aims of the survey were (a) to reconstruct the former coastline during the first...