Isachsen
Isachsen is a remote Arctic research-weather station named after the Norwegian explorer of the Arctic Gunnar Isachsen. It is on the western shore of Ellef Ringnes Island in the Sverdrup Islands, in the territory of Nunavut in Canada.
Isachsen
- Type: Locality
- Description: Meteorological Service of Canada’s station for Isachsen (MSC ID: 2402600), Nunavut, Canada
- Category: weather station
- Location: Nunavut, Northern Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude
78.7866° or 78° 47′ 12″ north
Longitude
-103.51495° or 103° 30′ 54″ west
Elevation
73 metres (240 feet)
Open location code
C5CRQFPP+J2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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From Dutch to Urdu—“Isachsen” goes by many names.
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