{{Short description|Mountain range in Nunavut, Canada}} {{Infobox mountain | name=Challenger Mountains | image=Operational Navigation Chart A-5, 3rd edition.jpg | image_size= | image_caption=Map of Northern Ellesmere Island and far Northern Greenland | country=Canada | region=Nunavut | parent=[[Innuitian Mountains]] | geology= | geology2= | age=Mesozoic | orogeny=[[Innuitian orogeny|Innuitian]] | highest=[[Commonwealth Mountain]] | elevation_m=2225 | coordinates = {{coord|82|24|N|76|45|W|type:mountain_region:CA-NU|format=dms|display=inline}} | range_coordinates = {{coord|82|41|N|076|12|W|type:mountain_region:CA-NU|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | area_km2=14892 | map=Canada Nunavut | map_caption=Location in Nunavut }}
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]].<ref>[http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/topo/map?mapsize=428%20380&lat=82.6832999996&long=-76.1999999985&mapxy=276605.284964+3745683.90322&scale=5000000&feature_na=Challenger+Mountains&location1=62&unique_key=0c74ea53849c20c359694e5b24ec0678&searchstring=Challenger%20Mountains&entity=MTN&layers=fapfeature+fapfeature%20north_arrow%20other_features%20million_grid%20t50k_grid%20grid_50k_3%20roads%20hydrography%20boundary%20builtup%20vegetation%20populated_places%20railway%20power_network%20manmade_features%20designated_areas%20water_features%20water_saturated_soils%20relief%20contours%20toponymy%20contour%20nodata_ntdb_50k&urlappend=%26map_textzoom03_feature%3Dnew%26map_textzoom03_feature_points%3D276625.395611+3745681.12644%26map_textzoom03_class_text%3DChallenger%2BMountains%26map_textzoom46_feature%3Dnew%26map_textzoom46_feature_points%3D276625.395611+3745681.12644%26map_textzoom46_class_text%3DChallenger%2BMountains%26map_arrowzoom03_feature%3Dnew%26map_arrowzoom03_feature_points%3D276625.395611+3745681.12644 The Challenger Mountains] at the [[Atlas of Canada]]</ref> The highest mountain in the range is [[Commonwealth Mountain]] {{convert|2225|m|0|abbr=on}}. The [[United States Range]] is immediately to the east of the Challenger Mountains.
The range lies within [[Quttinirpaaq National Park]], the second most northerly park in the world after [[Northeast Greenland National Park]] in [[Greenland]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://passport2017.ca/articles/google-street-view-quttinirpaaq|title=Google Street View and Parks Canada Make It to Quttinirpaaq National Park|website=passport2017.ca|access-date=2019-05-14|archive-date=2019-05-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514171503/https://passport2017.ca/articles/google-street-view-quttinirpaaq|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Low elevation [[lake]]s located along [[Taconite Inlet]] are part of the Challenger Mountains and local relief exceeds {{convert|1250|m|abbr=on|0}}.
== Further reading == * United States. Hydrographic Office, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=7fcNAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA513 Sailing Directions for Northern Canada: The Coast of Labrador Northward of St. Lewis Sound, the Northern Coast of the Canadian Mainland, and the Canadian Archipelago]'', Second Edition, 1951 P 513
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== External links == * {{cite peakbagger |rid=11030 |name=Challenger Mountains}}
{{Arctic Cordillera}} {{Mountain ranges of Nunavut}} {{Mountains of Nunavut}}
[[Category:Mountain ranges of the Qikiqtaaluk Region]] [[Category:Arctic Cordillera]]
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