
Flag of Nunavut
- Capital » Iqaluit
Geography
- Nunavut comprises of about 20% of Canadian land
- Nunavut has some of the largest islands in the world (Wikipedia)
- Baffin Island is the fifth largest island in the world and largest in Canada
- Victoria Island is the eighth largest island in the world » It straddles the border between Nunavut and the Northwest Territories » it is larger than Great Britain
- Ellesmere Island is the tenth largest island in the world
Tourism
Overland
- There are no roads to Nunavut.
- However the Northwest Territories are working on an all-season 700-km highway heading northeast from Yellowknife toward Nunavut.
- The Slave Geological Province Access Corridor would replace ice roads that are no longer reliable amid climate change.
- However the Northwest Territories are working on an all-season 700-km highway heading northeast from Yellowknife toward Nunavut.
- While Nunavut comprises of about 20% of Canadian land, an estimated total of 850 km (530 mi) of roads and highways are spread across the territory.
- About 4,000 vehicles are registered in the territory.