Einarsfjord

Einarsfjord, identified with the Igaliku fjord of southern Greenland, formed part of the Norse Eastern Settlement. According to the Greenlanders' saga, Einar claimed the fjord and gave it his name. Near its inner end stood Garðar, a great farm that became the seat of Greenland's bishop in the twelfth century. The fjord's sheltered valleys supported grazing and farming, supplemented by hunting, within a landscape close to the edge of the ice cap.