In Canada, the Vikings found a new settlement thanks to satellites – BBC

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Scientists have found in the south-west of the island of Newfoundland previously unknown Viking settlement in the New World, writes The New York Times .

it is noted that the discovery was made in the area of ​​Point Rosie thanks to satellite imagery of the island, on which scientists have seen terrain changes should be human activities. If the discovery is confirmed, it will be the second settlement in Canada after L’Anse aux Meadows on the same island.

L’Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland is located 500 kilometers north of the new discovery. It was discovered in 1960 and was considered the most western settlement of the Vikings, the only known their habitat in North America.

It is assumed that the island of Newfoundland Vikings came from the neighboring Greenland, they discovered after sailing from Iceland.

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