Kivitoo
Kivitoo is an abandoned Inuit community and a former whaling station on the northeast shore of Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada. Kivitoo's Inuit families moved to Qikiqtarjuaq, approximately 50 km (31 mi) to the south, in 1963. Kivitoo Memorial Park remains at the southern shore of the hamlet.
Kivitoo | |
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Abandoned settlement | |
Kivitoo | |
| Coordinates: 67°56′N 64°52′W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Territory | Nunavut |
| Region | Qikiqtaaluk |
| Highest elevation | 313 m (1,027 ft) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 0 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
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