Wonderstrands
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Wonderstrands is a stretch of 56[1] miles of beach located on the coast of Labrador, province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The beach takes its name from the Viking saga in which it is referred to as Furdustrandir or Wonderstrands[2]. The term been rather descriptive denoting an area of sand-hills and long and narrow shores, and it was long to sail by.
[edit] See also
- Helluland
- History of Greenland
- Markland
- Norse colonization of the Americas
- Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact
- Skálholt Vinland Map
- Vikings
- Vinland
- Vinland map
[edit] References
- ^ Labrador Costal Drive Cartwright and local attractions accessed 13-March-2008
- ^ Norsemen News The Vikings are Coming accessed 13-March-2008
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