When did Norse explorers settle in Iceland and Greenland?

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Norse explorers settled in Iceland and Greenland during the Viking Age, with the following timelines:

Iceland: Norse settlement occurred between approximately 870 and 930 CE. Historical accounts, such as The Book of the Icelanders, identify 874 CE as the year the first permanent settler, Ingólfr Arnarson, arrived from Norway.1
Greenland: Following his banishment from Iceland, Erik the Red explored the region around 982 CE. He subsequently organized an expedition from Iceland in 985 or 986 CE, which led to the establishment of two primary colonies on the island's western coast.234

These settlements were part of a broader period of Scandinavian expansion across the Atlantic Ocean during the 9th to 11th centuries.56