Fort Ross (Nunavut) - Tidbits, Odds-and-Ends

Communities Also Named Fort Ross ...

We found one communities that share the name Fort Ross.

Within Nunavut, the name Fort Ross is unique.

Beyond Nunavut, there is another community also named Fort Ross in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
  - Sonoma County
  - This Fort Ross is located in Sonoma County and lies 2,522 miles [4,058.8 km]<1> to the southwest.
  - For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sonoma County community of Fort Ross.

How Far From Fort Ross 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 Fort Ross to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

Iqaluit, which is the Territorial Capital of Nunavut, lies 867 miles [1,395.3 km]<1> to the east southeast (ESE).
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,933 miles [3,110.9 km] to the south southeast (SSE).
The shortest distance<2> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 4,867 miles [7,832.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<3>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,628 miles [9,057.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,818 miles [6,144.5 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>	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 from Point A (ie- Fort Ross) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Fort Ross. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 72.0167, Longitude: -94.2500
<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 Fort Ross 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 315.888 degrees.
<4>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 317.455 degrees.
<5>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 299.885 degrees.