Landscape, Greece#
![Landscape, Greece Landscape, Greece](/attach/Geography/Europe/Greece/Pictures/Factbook_Pictures/120gr/120gr.jpg)
Image courtesy of NASA., under PD
This rugged terrain caused the Greeks to become a seafaring people, second only to the Norwegians in Europe. The capital of Athens (lighter area) is barely discernible along the southern edge of the broad peninsula near the eastern edge of the photograph.