Conger Range

{{Short description|Mountain range in Nunavut, Canada}} {{Infobox mountain | name=Conger Range | image=Tanquary Fiord 12 1997-08-05.jpg | image_size=275 | image_caption=The Conger Range and [[Ad Astra Ice Cap]] | country=Canada | region=Nunavut | parent=[[Arctic Cordillera]] | geology= | age= | orogeny= | highest=[[Mount Biederbick]] | elevation_m=1542 | listing = | coordinates = {{coord|81|33|00.0|N|74|28|01.2|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | map=Canada Nunavut | map_caption=Location in Nunavut }}

The '''Conger Range''', also called the '''Conger Mountains''', is a [[mountain range]] in [[Quttinirpaaq National Park]] on [[Ellesmere Island]], [[Nunavut]], Canada, beginning about {{convert|16|km|abbr=on|0}} west of [[Mount Osborne (Canada)|Mount Osborne]]. It is part of the [[Arctic Cordillera]] which is a vast dissected mountain system extending from Ellesmere Island to the northernmost tip of [[Labrador]] and northeastern [[Quebec]]. The Conger Range is a structural extension of the [[Garfield Range]] and continues into the highlands north of the head of [[Hare Fiord]]. The overall extent of the range is about {{convert|180|km|abbr=on|0}}. Most of its peaks are ice-covered, although nearly all of the southern slopes are ice-free. Many of the valleys between the peaks are filled with glacial tongues spilling out to the south from the Grand Land Ice Cap. Its highest point is [[Mount Biederbick]] at {{convert|1542|m|abbr=on|0}}.

The Conger Range was named by [[Americans|American]] [[Polar region|Polar]] explorer [[Adolphus Greely]], who sighted them during a dog sledding exploration to the interior of northern Ellesmere Island in 1882.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=seWk7ZVSE7sC&dq=conger+range+nunavut&pg=PA14 Muskox Land: Ellesmere Island in the Age of Contact]</ref>

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[[Category:Arctic Cordillera]] [[Category:Mountain ranges of the Qikiqtaaluk Region]]