Challenger Mountains

Challenger Mountains
Challenger Mountains
Range
Country Canada
Region Nunavut
Part of Innuitian Mountains
Highest point Commonwealth Mountain
 - elevation 2,225 m (7,300 ft)
 - coordinates 82°24′N 76°45′W / 82.4°N 76.75°W / 82.4; -76.75
Orogeny Innuitian
Period Mesozoic

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.

The range has an area of 14,892 km2 (5,750 sq mi) and lies within Quttinirpaaq National Park which is one of the two most northerly park on Earth with Northeast Greenland National Park in Greenland.

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

References

  1. ^ The Challenger Mountains at the Atlas of Canada

External links

Coordinates: 82°40′59″N 076°11′59″W / 82.68306°N 76.19972°W / 82.68306; -76.19972 (Challenger Mountains)



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