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

• "Challenger Mountains". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/range.aspx?rid=11030. 

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