Alert (Nunavut) - Tidbits, Odds-and-Ends

Communities Also Named Alert ...

We found eight communities that share the name Alert.

Within Nunavut, the name Alert is unique.

Beyond Nunavut, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these eight communities, one is located in Canada and the other seven communities are located in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
  - Polk County
  - This community is historic<1> and although located in Polk County, we don't know where within the .
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Alert.
- Indiana
  - Decatur County
  - This Alert is located in Decatur County and lies 3,039 miles [4,890.8 km]<2> to the south southwest.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Decatur County community of Alert.
- Kansas
  - Riley County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Alert [Riley County].
- Michigan
  - Oakland County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Alert [Oakland County].
- North Carolina
  - Franklin County
  - This Alert is located in Franklin County and lies 3,215 miles [5,174 km]<2> to the south southwest.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Alert.
- Ohio
  - Butler County
  - This Alert is located in Butler County and lies 3,024 miles [4,866.7 km]<2> to the south southwest.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Alert.
- Oklahoma
  - Kay County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Alert [Kay County].
- Ontario
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Alert.

How Far From Alert to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Alert to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Alert and extending to:

Iqaluit, which is the Territorial Capital of Nunavut, lies 1,297 miles [2,087.3 km]<2> to the south (S).
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 2,575 miles [4,144.1 km] to the south southwest (SSW).
The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 4,108 miles [6,611.2 km] and it lies to the east (E).<5>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 4,856 miles [7,815 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,213 miles [5,170.8 km] and it lies to the east (E).<7>

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Alert. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Nunavut Territory: https://www.gov.nu.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Alert, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Alert) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Alert. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 82.4833, Longitude: -62.2500
<3>	If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Alert could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<4>	The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Alert to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<5>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 281.969 degrees.
<6>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 284.821 degrees.
<7>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 261.50 degrees.