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Fort Ross

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Air quality index

36Good
Coordinates72.01°, -94.24°

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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

Latitude
72.0097
Longitude
-94.2358
Water area
—
View on OpenStreetMap

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Good
36
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
0
PM10 (µg/m³)
0.1
Ozone (µg/m³)
77
NO₂ (µg/m³)
0

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
157
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Northern Fulmar
    Fulmarus glacialis (Linnaeus, 1761) · Aves
    21
  • Glaucous Gull
    Larus hyperboreus Gunnerus, 1767 · Aves
    15
  • polar bear
    Ursus maritimus Phipps, 1774 · Mammalia
    9
  • Snow/Ross's Goose
    Anser caerulescens (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    7
  • muskox
    Ovibos moschatus (Zimmermann, 1780) · Mammalia
    6
  • bowhead whale
    Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758 · Mammalia
    5
  • Iceland Gull
    Larus glaucoides B.Meyer, 1822 · Aves
    5
  • Black-legged Kittiwake
    Rissa tridactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    5

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
1
Largest magnitude
4.2
Largest event
2022-12-11

Most recent

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

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
2.38
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
869

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Nearby airports

Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
681
Avg daily Wikipedia views
24
Attention level
Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about this place

Recent natural events nearby

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

Events

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