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How Far From Kuuviup Paanga 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 Kuuviup Paanga to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Kuuviup Paanga and extending to:
- The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,117 miles [1,797.6 km]<1> to the south (S). If you could drive a straight line from Kuuviup Paanga to Parliament Hill, with an average speed<2>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take over two days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 64 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 44 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 4,985 miles [8,022.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 5,751 miles [9,255.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,734 miles [6,009.3 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Province of Quebec: https://www.quebec.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 obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kuuviup Paanga) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kuuviup Paanga. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 61.5636, Longitude: -77.6481 |
| <2> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <3> | 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 Kuuviup Paanga to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 304.658 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 303.736 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 293.212 degrees. |
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