| Kivitoo | |
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| — Abandoned settlement — | |
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Kivitoo
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| Coordinates: | |
| Country | Canada |
| Territory | Nunavut |
| Region | Qikiqtaaluk Region |
| Highest elevation | 313 m (1,027 ft) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 0 |
Kivitoo, Nunavut is an abandoned Inuit community and a former whaling station[1] on the northeast shore of Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada. Kivitoo's Inuit families moved to Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut, approximately 31 mi (50 km) to the south, in the 1950s[2].
In the early 20th century, the Sabellum Trading Company established a post at Kivitoo to service the whalers who would anchor there to flense carcasses. The post was abandoned in 1926.[3]
Kivitoo (qivittu) (FOX-D) is also a former Distant Early Warning Line and is currently a North Warning System site. Because of a nearby small coastal plain, a short airstrip was built during early operation of FOX-D.[1]