L'Anse aux Meadows

L'Anse aux Meadows
A Norse sod longhouse recreation at L'Anse aux Meadows
Coordinates	51°35′42.96″N 55°31′52.4″W
UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid
Offeecial name: L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site
Teep	Cultural
Criterie	vi
Designatit	1978 (2nt session)
Reference no.	4
Kintra	Canadae
Region	Europe an North Americae
Naitional Historic Steid o Canadae
Offeecial name: L'Anse aux Meadows Naitional Historic Steid o Canadae
Designatit	28 November 1968
Location of L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland

L'Anse aux Meadows (/ˈlænsi ˈmɛdoʊz/; frae the French L'Anse-aux-Méduses or "Jellyfish Cove") is an airchaeological steid on the northrenmaist tip o Newfoundland in the Canadian province o Newfoundland an Labrador. Discovered in 1960, it is the maist famous steid o a Norse or Viking settlement in North Americae ootside o Greenland.

Datin tae aroond the year 1000, L'Anse aux Meadows is the anly steid widely acceptit as evidence o pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact. It is notable for its possible connection wi the attemptit colony o Vinland established bi Leif Ericson aroond the same time period or, mair broadly, wi Norse exploration o the Americas. It wis named a World Heritage steid bi UNESCO in 1978.