Large landslide in western Greenland

Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 05 June 2021 at 10:23:55 UTC
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Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 09 June 2021 at 15:48:09 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 18 June 2021 at 15:29:11 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 24 June 2021 at 10:15:46 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Geohazard, landslide, cryosphere, arctic, coastal, peninsula, Greenland, Denmark
Fig. 1 - S2 (09.06.2021) - On 15 June, a large landslide occurred on the margin of the Sullorsuaq Strait, western Greenland.
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Fig. 2 - S2 (18.06.2021) - This failure has occurred on a steep rock slope, the source area is at 820 m above sea level, about 2.4 km inland.
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Fig. 3 - S1 (05, 07, 08 & 12.06.2021) - The landslide into the Sullorsuaq was a 2.5 km long failure with flow type behaviour.
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Fig. 4 - S1 (17, 19, 20 & 24.06.2021) - The image shows multiple lobes of material that have built impressive deposits into the water.
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Fig. 5 - S2 (09 & 18.06.2021) - This multidate image shows both the removal of vegetated area and the material deposits on open water.
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Fig. 6 - S2 (09 & 18.06.2021) - A colour map has been applied to highlight the affected area.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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