# Challenger Mountains

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Mountain range in Nunavut, Canada

Challenger Mountains Map of Northern Ellesmere Island and far Northern Greenland Highest point Peak Commonwealth Mountain Elevation 2,225 m (7,300 ft) Coordinates 82°24′N 76°45′W / 82.400°N 76.750°W / 82.400; -76.750 Dimensions Area 14,892 km2 (5,750 mi2) Geography Challenger Mountains Location in Nunavut Country Canada Region Nunavut Range coordinates 82°41′N 076°12′W / 82.683°N 76.200°W / 82.683; -76.200 Parent range Innuitian Mountains Geology Orogeny Innuitian Rock age Mesozoic

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

The range lies within [Quttinirpaaq National Park](/source/Quttinirpaaq_National_Park), the second most northerly park in the world after [Northeast Greenland National Park](/source/Northeast_Greenland_National_Park) in [Greenland](/source/Greenland).[2]

Low elevation [lakes](/source/Lake) located along [Taconite Inlet](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Taconite_Inlet&action=edit&redlink=1) are part of the Challenger Mountains and local relief exceeds 1,250 m (4,101 ft).

## Further reading

- United States. Hydrographic Office, *[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](https://books.google.com/books?id=7fcNAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA513)*, Second Edition, 1951 P 513

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [The Challenger Mountains](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) at the [Atlas of Canada](/source/Atlas_of_Canada)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Google Street View and Parks Canada Make It to Quttinirpaaq National Park"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190514171503/https://passport2017.ca/articles/google-street-view-quttinirpaaq). *passport2017.ca*. Archived from [the original](https://passport2017.ca/articles/google-street-view-quttinirpaaq) on 2019-05-14. Retrieved 2019-05-14.

## External links

- ["Challenger Mountains"](http://www.peakbagger.com/range.aspx?rid=11030). *Peakbagger.com*.

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