Dragon Cliff

{{Short description|Basaltic monolith on Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Canada}} [[Image:Dragon Cliffs, Nunavut.jpg|thumb|Dragon Cliff, including the flood basalt lava layers]] '''Dragon Cliff'''<ref>{{cite cgndb|OAEPF|Dragon Cliff|2021-04-06}}</ref> is a [[basalt]]ic [[monolith]] located on western [[Axel Heiberg Island]], [[Nunavut]], Canada. It is the most striking feature of [[Expedition Fiord]] and rises several hundred metres out of the fiord. Dragon Cliff is made of [[flood basalt]] lava flows that contain more than 10 flow units totalling over {{convert|200|m|abbr=on}} of [[Stratigraphy|stratigraphic]] thickness. It is part of the [[Albian]] [[Strand Fiord Formation]], which in turn forms part of the [[High Arctic Large Igneous Province]]. The Strand Fiord Formation is interpreted to represent the [[craton|cratonward]] extension of the [[Alpha Ridge]].<ref>[http://www.geo.ucalgary.ca/~macrae/arctic/arctic.html Canadian Arctic Islands --scenery and geology] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112154432/http://www.geo.ucalgary.ca/~macrae/arctic/arctic.html |date=November 12, 2007 }}</ref>

==See also== *[[Volcanism in Canada]]

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[[Category:Stratigraphy of Nunavut]] [[Category:Cliffs of Canada]]