Nanisivik Mine

Nanisivik Mine was a zinc-lead mine in the company town of Nanisivik, Nunavut, 750 km north of the Arctic Circle on Baffin Island. It was Canada's first mine in the Arctic.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nanisivik.

Nanisivik

Dwelling

Photo: Loimere, Public domain.

Nanisivik is a now-abandoned company town which was built in 1975 to support the lead-zinc mining and mineral processing operations for the Nanisivik Mine, in production between 1976 and 2002.

Nanisivik Mine

Type: Locality
Description: former zinc and lead mine in Nunavut, Canada
Category: mine
Location: Nunavut, Northern Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude

73.02405° or 73° 1′ 27″ north

Longitude

-84.47834° or 84° 28′ 42″ west

Open location code

C65Q2GFC+JM

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4025872995

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

Wikidata ID

Q6963621

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Satellite Map

Discover Nanisivik Mine from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From French to Galician—“Nanisivik Mine” goes by many names.

French: “mine Nanisivik”
French: “Mine Nanisivik”
Galician: “mina Nanisivik”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Borden Peninsula and Nanisivik Naval Facility.

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