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

How Far From Kivitoo to ...

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

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

Iqaluit, which is the Territorial Capital of Nunavut, lies 307 miles [494.1 km]<1> to the south southwest (SSW).
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,602 miles [2,578.2 km] to the south southwest (SSW).
The shortest distance<2> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 4,447 miles [7,156.8 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<3>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,216 miles [8,394.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<4>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,255 miles [5,238.4 km] and it lies to the east (E).<5>

Off-the-Road Links ...

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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 from Point A (ie- Kivitoo) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kivitoo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 67.9500, Longitude: -64.9167
<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 Kivitoo 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 291.912 degrees.
<4>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 291.614 degrees.
<5>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 277.831 degrees.