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Fort Ross
Nunavuthamlet
Air quality index
Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Fort Ross is a hamlet located in Nunavut, Canada. Its coordinates of 72.010°, -94.236° place it in the polar zone of the northern hemisphere. Detailed population figures are not currently catalogued in the open data sources we track. The latitude suggests extreme seasonal daylight swings and prolonged cold. Open solar datasets indicate about 869 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year, combined with sunshine for roughly 34% of daylight hours. Further detail — demographics, climate, nearby amenities and natural-hazard data — is compiled below from public open-data sources.
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History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Northern FulmarFulmarus glacialis (Linnaeus, 1761) · Aves21
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus Gunnerus, 1767 · Aves15
- polar bearUrsus maritimus Phipps, 1774 · Mammalia9
- Snow/Ross's GooseAnser caerulescens (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves7
- muskoxOvibos moschatus (Zimmermann, 1780) · Mammalia6
- bowhead whaleBalaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758 · Mammalia5
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides B.Meyer, 1822 · Aves5
- Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves5
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.2 — 2022-12-11Somerset Island, Nunavut, Canada
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Nunavut
- ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᕐᒃ Taloyoak171.7 mi away · pop. 500
- ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᖅ Resolute186.1 mi away · pop. 214
- ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᒃ Arctic Bay200.8 mi away · pop. 690
- Shimik206.9 mi away
- Saputit220.2 mi away
- ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ Gjoa Haven236.7 mi away · pop. 900
- ᑰᒑᕐᔪᒃ Kugaaruk261.2 mi away · pop. 500
- Milne Inlet285.2 mi away
- Dundas Harbour292.3 mi away
- Iqaluktuuttiaq (Cambridge Bay)318.4 mi away · pop. 1,477
- Mary River327.5 mi away
- ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒃ Igloolik336.4 mi away · pop. 2,000
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API