🏝️ Ruin Island

Greenland · Americas · 78.77°N, 70.00°W

Ruin Island is a small island off the coast of the Inglefield Land region of northwest Greenland. In the 1930s, Danish archaeologist Erik Holtved discovered the remains of human habitation on the island. The culture associated with this archaeological site became known as the Ruin Island phase of Thule Culture. Items traded by the Greenlandic Norse travelled as far as Ruin Island.

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Quick facts

Country	Greenland
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	78.77°N, 70.00°W · view on map

Ruin Island is located in Greenland, in Americas.

More islands in Greenland

Milne Land · Little Pendulum Island · Upernivik Island · Traill Island · ATOW1996 · Store Koldewey · Kuhn Island · Uunartoq Qeqertaq · Geographical Society Island · Shannon Island.

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