🔬 Alert, Nunavut

Canada · Americas · 82.50°N, 62.35°W

Alert is a military outpost and weather station in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is the northernmost continuously-inhabited place in the world. The location is on Ellesmere Island at latitude 82°30'05" north, 817 km (508 mi) from the North Pole. It takes its name from the Royal Navy vessel HMS Alert, which wintered 10 km (6.2 mi) east of the present station off what is now Cape Sheridan in 1875–1876.

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Quick facts

Country	Canada
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	82.50°N, 62.35°W · view on map

Alert, Nunavut is located in Canada, in Americas.

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