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Orthographic projection centred over Alert, Nunavut. Alert is 12 km (7.5 mi) west of Cape Sheridan, the northeastern tip of Ellesmere Island, on the shore of the ice-covered Lincoln Sea. 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.
Alert, Nunavut, the northernmost settlement in Canada and the world, experiences this from about November 19 to January 22. Its antipode ( 82°30′S 117°38′E / 82.500°S 117.633°E / -82.500; 117.633 ) experiences this from about May 19 to July 25
Located on the northeastern tip of Ellesmere Island, Alert is the northernmost continuously inhabited place in the world. [1] It takes its name from HMS Alert, which wintered 10 km (6.2 mi) east of the present station off what is now Cape Sheridan, Nunavut in 1875–1876. [6] U.S. Ambassador David Jacobson in front of CFS Alert welcome sign
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