Resolute, Nunavut

"Qausuittuq" redirects here. For the national park, see Qausuittuq National Park.
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Resolute
ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᖅ
Qausuittuq (Inuktitut)
Resolute in August 1997. Visible on the left is a long school building (brown).
Resolute in August 1997. Visible on the left is a long school building (brown).
Official seal of Resolute
Seal
Resolute is located in Nunavut
Resolute
Resolute
Resolute is located in Canada
Resolute
Resolute
Coordinates: 74°41′45″N 094°49′45″W / 74.69583°N 94.82917°W / 74.69583; -94.82917[1]
CountryCanada
TerritoryNunavut
RegionQikiqtaaluk
Electoral districtQuttiktuq
Government
[2][3]
 • TypeHamlet Council
 • MayorJayko Simonie
 • MLADavid Akeeagok
Area
 (2021)[4]
 • Total
115.02 km2 (44.41 sq mi)
Elevation
[5]
66 m (217 ft)
Population
 (2021)[4]
 • Total
183
 • Density1.6/km2 (4/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−06:00 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−05:00 (CDT)
Canadian Postal code
X0A 0V0
Area code867

Resolute[1] or Resolute Bay[6] (Inuktitut: ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᖅ, romanized: Qausuittuq, lit. 'place with no dawn'[7]) is an Inuit hamlet on Cornwallis Island in Nunavut, Canada. It is at the northern end of Resolute Bay and the Northwest Passage and is part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region.

Resolute is one of Canada's northernmost communities and is second only to Grise Fiord on Ellesmere Island (Alert and Eureka are more northerly but are not considered towns; rather, military outposts and weather stations). It is also one of the coldest inhabited places in the world, with an average yearly temperature of −15.7 °C (3.7 °F).[8] As in most other northern communities, the roads and most of the terrain are all gravel. It is also the closest transit location to Devon Island, the largest uninhabited island in the world, which contains the best-preserved crater on Earth – the Haughton impact crater, formed about 31 million years ago.

  1. ^ a b "Resolute". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  2. ^ "Municipal Election Results 2019-2020" (PDF). Elections Nunavut. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  3. ^ "2021 General Election" (PDF). Elections Nunavut. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference 2021census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Elevation at airport. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
  6. ^ Resolute at the Government of Nunavut
  7. ^ The Nunavut Handbook ISBN 1-55036-587-8
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference ccnYRB was invoked but never defined (see the help page).