Northwest Territories
Map of Northwest Territories
0400 km (249 mi)800 km (497 mi)1200 km (746 mi)1600 km (994 mi)
Height
0 m (0 ft), 75 m (246 ft), 200 m (656 ft), 400 m (1310 ft), 600 m (1970 ft), 1000 m (3280 ft), 1500 m (4920 ft), 2000 m (6560 ft), 2500 m (8200 ft), Max altitude 2632 m (8640 ft)Sea depth
0 m (0 ft), 150 m (492 ft), 600 m (1970 ft), 1800 m (5910 ft), 3200 m (10500 ft), deeper than 5200 m (17060 ft)Permanent snow and iceWinter snow (approximate)
Height from west to east in Northwest Territories (approximate)
Height from south to north in Northwest Territories (approximate)
1Beaufort Sea (Northwest), Arctic Ocean (North)0 m2Eskimo North0 m3Mackenzie0 to 157 m
Natural Earth · GEBCO 2026 Grid · Lakes: HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016, CC BY 4.0) · This product incorporates data from the GDW database © Global Dam Watch (2024) · Names: GeoNames (CC BY)
Basic Information
Capital City: Yellowknife
Population: 41,070 (Wikidata, 2021)
Area: 1,346,106 km² / 519,734 sq mi
People from Northwest Territories are called: Northwest Territorian
Created: 1870
Subdivisions: 5
Geography
Highest Elevation Point: Mount Nirvana (2 773 m)
Lowest point: Arctic Ocean (0 m), the lowest point of Canada
Borders
- Alberta — Southeast
- British Columbia — South
- Saskatchewan — Southeast
- Yukon — West
- Nunavut — East
Technical Information
Time Zone: UTC−06:00