Read Island (Nunavut) - Tidbits, Odds-and-Ends

Communities Also Named Read Island ...

We found one communities that share the name Read Island.

Within Nunavut, the name Read Island is unique.

Beyond Nunavut, there is another community also named Read Island in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- British Columbia
  - This Read Island lies 1,358 miles [2,185.5 km]<1> to the south southwest.

How Far From Read Island 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 Read Island to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

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

Iqaluit, which is the Territorial Capital of Nunavut, lies 1,287 miles [2,071.2 km]<1> to the east (E).
The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 2,118 miles [3,408.6 km] to the east southeast (ESE).
The shortest distance<2> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,290 miles [8,513.4 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 6,042 miles [9,723.7 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>

Off-the-Road Links ...

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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 from Point A (ie- Read Island) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Read Island. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 69.2000, Longitude: -114.5333
<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 Read Island 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 333.898 degrees.
<4>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 336.221 degrees.
<5>	The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 317.805 degrees.