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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.
Statistics Canada's Census Profile presents information from the 2021 Census of Population - Nunavut [Territory].
Statistics Canada's Census Profile presents information from the 2016 Census of Population - Nunavut [Territory] and Canada [Country].
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.
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 ...
18 wrz 2023 · There is no longer a technical population of Alert, but the series of purposes it continues to serve ensures that people are still living here year-round. CFS Alert still operates, as does the observatory, while the weather station and airport remain in use.
