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Eureka | |
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Research / weather station | |
 Eureka seen from its airfield | |
  Eureka  Eureka | |
| Coordinates: 79°59′N 085°57′W / 79.983°N 85.950°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Territory | Nunavut |
| Region | Qikiqtaaluk Region |
| Island group | Queen Elizabeth Islands |
| Founded | April 11, 1947 |
| Elevation | 83 m (272 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 8[2] |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (EST) |
| Postal code | X0A 0G0.[4] |
| Area code | 867[5] |
| Elevation is at Eureka Aerodrome. | |
Eureka is a small research base on Fosheim Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. It is located on the north side of Slidre Fiord, which enters Eureka Sound farther west. It is the third-northernmost permanent research community in the world. The only two farther north are Alert, which is also on Ellesmere Island, and Nord, in Greenland. Eureka has the lowest average annual temperature[6] and the lowest amount of precipitation of any weather station in Canada.
Eureka's postal code is X0A 0G0 and the area code is 867.[4][5]
- ^ "Eureka". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
- ^ Otis, Daniel (19 December 2016). "Welcome to Eureka, Nunavut: the coldest settlement in Canada". CTV. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
- ^ a b "Eureka Postal Code". Canada Postal Code. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Emergency Plan for Storage Tank Systems of Petroleum and Allied Petroleum Products at Eureka High Arctic Weather Station". Archived from the original on 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
- ^ Cold Places in Canada