Bathurst Inlet (Nunavut) - Tidbits, Odds-and-Ends

How Far From Bathurst Inlet to ...

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

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Bathurst Inlet and extending to:

Iqaluit, which is the Territorial Capital of Nunavut, lies 1,139 miles [1,833 km]<1> to the east (E).
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,888 miles [3,038.4 km] to the southeast (SE).
The shortest distance<2> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,352 miles [8,613.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<3>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,112 miles [9,836.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<4>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,299 miles [6,918.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>

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Footnotes ...

<1>	Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Bathurst Inlet) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bathurst Inlet. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 66.8333, Longitude: -108.0333
<2>	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 Bathurst Inlet to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<3>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 328.62 degrees.
<4>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 330.303 degrees.
<5>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 313.559 degrees.