Which Viking settlement in Greenland was known as the Western Settlement?

Vestribyggð was the Old Norse name for the Viking settlement in Greenland known as the Western Settlement.

Norse settlers established communities in Greenland after Erik the Red’s voyages in the late tenth century. The Western Settlement stood near modern Nuuk, on the island’s more exposed western side, while the larger Eastern Settlement lay farther south.

Archaeologists have identified about 95 farms in the Western Settlement. Its largest church site was at Sandnæs, and other farms included small settlements around fjords and valleys. The community depended on pastoral farming, hunting and trade rather than large-scale grain agriculture.

The Western Settlement was abandoned earlier than the Eastern Settlement, probably during the fourteenth century. Its disappearance is sometimes described as sudden, but evidence points to several pressures, including climate change, changing sea conditions, economic difficulties and limited resources. Vestribyggð is distinct from Brattahlíð, Erik the Red’s farm in the Eastern Settlement.