Challenger_Mountains

Challenger Mountains

Challenger Mountains

Mountain range in Nunavut, Canada


The Challenger Mountains are a mountain range on Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Canada. The range is the most northern range in the world and of the Arctic Cordillera.[1] The highest mountain in the range is Commonwealth Mountain 2,225 m (7,300 ft). The United States Range is immediately to the east of the Challenger Mountains.

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The range lies within Quttinirpaaq National Park, the second most northerly park in the world after Northeast Greenland National Park in Greenland.[2]

Low elevation lakes located along Taconite Inlet are part of the Challenger Mountains and local relief exceeds 1,250 m (4,101 ft).

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References

  1. "Google Street View and Parks Canada Make It to Quttinirpaaq National Park". passport2017.ca. Archived from the original on 2019-05-14. Retrieved 2019-05-14.



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