Resolute, Nunavut
Resolute
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Resolute in August 1997. Visible on the left is a long school building (brown). | |
| Coordinates: 74°41′45″N 094°49′45″W / 74.69583°N 94.82917°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Territory | Nunavut |
| Region | Qikiqtaaluk |
| Electoral district | Quttiktuq |
| Government | |
| • Type | Hamlet Council |
| • Mayor | Aziz Kheraj |
| • MLA | David Akeeagok |
| Area (2021) | |
• Total | 115.02 km2 (44.41 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 66 m (217 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 183 |
| • Density | 1.6/km2 (4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−06:00 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−05:00 (CDT) |
| Canadian Postal code | |
| Area code | 867 |
Resolute or Resolute Bay (Inuktitut: ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᖅ, romanized: Qausuittuq, lit. 'place with no dawn') 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 −15.1 °C (4.8 °F). 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.