Canadian Forces Station Alert
Canadian Forces Station Alert, often shortened to CFS Alert, is a signals intelligence intercept facility of the Canadian Armed Forces at Alert, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada.Photo: Dansk59, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Military installation
- Description: Canadian forces station in Nunavut, Canada
- Also known as: “CFB Alert” and “CFS Alert”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Alert Airport.
Alert Airport
Aerodrome
Alert Airport is located at Alert, Nunavut, Canada, approximately 830 km south of the true North Pole. It is operated by the Canadian Department of National Defence and is part of Canadian Forces Station Alert.
Canadian Forces Station Alert
- Categories: Canadian Forces base and Canadian military unit
- Location: Nunavut, Northern Canada, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
82.50874° or 82° 30′ 32″ northLongitude
-62.34017° or 62° 20′ 25″ westElevation
1 metre (3 feet)IATA airport code
YLTOpen location code
C7JVGM55+FWOpenStreetMap ID
way 162630442OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryGeoNames ID
5914736Wikidata ID
Q5010821
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Canadian Forces Station Alert” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Canadian Forces Station Alert”
- Chinese: “加拿大军队警报站”
- Chinese: “加拿大軍隊警報站”
- French: “station des Forces canadiennes Alert”
- French: “Station des Forces canadiennes Alert”
- French: “Station des Forces Canadiennes Alert”
- Japanese: “アラート気象ステーション”
- Japanese: “カナダ軍アラート基地”
- Russian: “CFS Alert”
- Swedish: “Canadian Forces Station Alert”
- Ukrainian: “Станція збройних сил Канади «Алерт»”
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