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Alert lies just 817 km (508 mi) from the North Pole; the nearest Canadian city is Iqaluit, the capital of the territory of Nunavut, 2,092 km (1,300 mi) distant. The settlement is surrounded by rugged hills and valleys. The shore is composed primarily of slate and shale.
3 lut 2017 · Located just over eight hundred kilometers away from the North Pole, the community of Alert, on the northeastern tip of Ellesmere Island, in Nunavut, Canada, is the most northerly permanent settlement in the world. The nearest populated place is another 540 kilometers south, in Greenland, while the nearest Canadian city is over two thousand ...
Description: settlement in Nunavut, Canada, the northernmost permanently inhabited place on Earth. Categories: human settlement, research station, weather station and locality. Location: Northwest Territories, Northern Canada, Canada, North America. View on OpenStreetMap.
24 maj 2018 · Calling themselves the “Frozen Chosen,” the population of Alert varies between about 65 and 150 people, as the inhabitants are constantly rotating in and out of the site. Despite this fluctuation, Alert has been permanently inhabited since the creation of the station.
15 lip 2019 · If you travel to the northern latitude of 82.5°, you will arrive at the location of Alert in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, in Canada. Located 817 kilometers (508 miles) from the North Pole, Alert (82°30’05” ) is the northernmost place with a permanent (year-round) population.
6 sie 2012 · Alert, Nunavut, is a Canadian military base stationed at the north end of Ellesmere Island. Located 817 km from the north pole, Alert is the northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world. About 55 people live at Alert.
Statistics Canada's Census Profile presents information from the 2021 Census of Population - Nunavut [Territory].
