The Skálholt map, drawn by Icelandic teacher Sigurd Stefánsson, combines elements of the sagas of Icelanders with more recent knowledge of the North Atlantic.

Moving counter-clockwise around the Atlantic from the top-right corner, the Latinized Norse placenames and their modern English equivalents are:

• Jotun-heimar (Jötunheimr)
• Riseland (Land of the Risi)
• Grönlandia (Greenland)
• Helleland (Helluland)
• Markland
• Skrælinge Land (Land of the Skræling)
• Promontorium Winlandiæ (Promontory of Vinland)
• Irland (Ireland)
• Britanni (Britain)
• Orcades (Orkney)
• Hetland (Shetland)
• Feröe (Faroe Islands)
• Norvegia (Norway)
• Biarmaland (Bjarmaland)

The three islands in the Mare Glaciale are from top to bottom:

• Narve Öe (Island of Narfi)
• Islánd (Iceland)
• Frisland

The moutain on Greenland is labelled Huidserk (Hvitserk), and a ford on Greenland is labelled Heriolfsnes (Herjolfsnes).

The central caption reads, Siurdi Stephanii terrarúm hÿperborearũ delineatio - Año 1579.

Several areas are labelled with the letters A to H. For an annotated version of the full page containing notes A to H, see File:Skálholt Map.jpg.

Sources:

• https://canadianmysteries.ca/sites/vinland/othermysteries/maps/indexen.html
• https://doi.org/10.2307/280509
• https://archive.org/details/vikingsnorthatla00fitz
• https://web.archive.org/web/20100529192036/http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2010/01/17/433-plotting-vineland-the-skalholt-map/
• https://www.google.com/books/edition/Norse_America/pHEhEAAAQBAJ
• https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/433-plotting-vineland-the-skalholt-map/
• https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Viking_Discovery_of_America/Gj-I5hdpzGoC