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___ Satellite View and Map of the City of Nuuk (Godthåb), Greenland |
About Nuuk![]() ![]() The city was founded as fort Godt-Haab in 1728 by Claus Paarss, a Dano-Norwegian military officer, and Hans Egede, a Lutheran missionary. Godthaab became the seat of government for the Danish colony of South Greenland until 1940, when Godthaab became the capital of whole Greenland. Today Nuuk has a population of about 17,000 inhabitants (in 2015). Spoken languages are Greenlandic (Kalaallisut) and Danish, English is widely spoken. The city is home to the University of Greenland (Ilisimatusarfik). Nuuk has a maritime-influenced polar climate with cold, snowy winters and cool summers, when temperatures rarely exceed 10 °C (50 °F). The map shows a city map of Nuuk with expressways, main roads and streets, and the location of Nuuk Airport (IATA code: GOH). To find a location use the form below. |
![]() Parts of Nuuk with Sermitsiaq Mountain in background, Greenland. Image: Niels Elgaard Larsen Bookmark/share this page ![]() |
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Local Time Nuuk:
Monday-February-10 00:08
Time zone: West Greenland Time (WGT) UTC/GMT -3 hoursDaylight Saving Time from end of March to end of October UTC/GMT -2 hours |
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Google Earth: Searchable Map and Satellite view of Nuuk (Godthåb), Greenland |
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City Coordinates: 64°10′30″N 51°44′20″W | ||||||
More about Greenland: Country: ![]() ![]() ![]() Continent: ![]() ![]() External Link Nuuk Tourism (the tourist office in the capital of Greenland) Wikipedia: Nuuk |
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