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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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″ northLongitude
-103.51495° or 103° 30′ 54″ westElevation
73 metres (240 feet)Open location code
C5CRQFPP+J2OpenStreetMap ID
node 107355645OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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From Dutch to Latvian—“Isachsen” goes by many names.
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