Nuuk (or Gadthab) is the capital and largest city of Greenland. It is
located at the mouth of the Nuup Kangerlua inlet on the west coast of
Greenland. It has a population of about 15,000. The site has a long
history of different inhabitation: first by the Inuit people around 2000
B.C., later by Viking explorers in the 10th century. Inuit and Vikings
lived together for about 500 years until about 1500, when human habitation
suddenly stopped, most likely due to change in climate and vegetation.
The image was acquired August 2, 2004, covers an area of 22.7 x 26 km, and
is located at 64.2 degrees north latitude, 51.8 degrees west longitude.
The U.S. science team is located at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Pasadena, Calif. The Terra mission is part of NASA's Science Mission
Directorate.
