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

How Far From Rankin 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 Rankin Inlet to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

Iqaluit, which is the Territorial Capital of Nunavut, lies 730 miles [1,174.8 km]<1> to the east northeast (ENE).
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,362 miles [2,191.9 km] to the southeast (SE).
The shortest distance<2> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,284 miles [8,503.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<3>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,053 miles [9,741.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,103 miles [6,603.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Rankin Inlet: www.rankininlet.net/

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' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Rankin Inlet) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Rankin Inlet. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 62.8113, Longitude: -92.0844
<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 Rankin 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 315.959 degrees.
<4>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 316.104 degrees.
<5>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 303.194 degrees.