Kivitoo

Kivitoo is an abandoned Inuit community and a former whaling station on the northeast shore of in , Canada. Kivitoo's Inuit families moved to , approximately 50 km to the south, in 1963.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: abandoned community in Nunavut, Canada
  • Also known as: Kivitoo, Nunavut

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Auyuittuq National Park.

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a national park in . In the Inuktitut language, its name means "the land that never melts". If despite that warning, you're still interested in visiting, you'll experience many terrains of Arctic wilderness, such as fjords, glaciers, and ice fields.

Kivitoo

Latitude
67.93356° or 67° 56′ 1″ north
Longitude
-64.88638° or 64° 53′ 11″ west
Elevation
220 metres (722 feet)
Open location code
97VQW4M7+CC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13431796707
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Geo­Names ID
5993209
Wiki­data ID
Q3197649
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Satellite Map

Discover Kivitoo from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Czech to French—“Kivitoo” goes by many names.
  • Czech: Kivitoo
  • Dutch: Kivitoo
  • French: Kivitoo

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kivitoo Airport (abandoned) and Kivitoo Point.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kivitoo”. Photo: FiLo X, CC BY-SA 3.0.