# Dragon Cliff

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Basaltic monolith on Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Canada

Dragon Cliff, including the flood basalt lava layers

**Dragon Cliff**[1] is a [basaltic](/source/Basalt) [monolith](/source/Monolith) located on western [Axel Heiberg Island](/source/Axel_Heiberg_Island), [Nunavut](/source/Nunavut), Canada. It is the most striking feature of [Expedition Fiord](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Expedition_Fiord&action=edit&redlink=1) and rises several hundred metres out of the fiord. Dragon Cliff is made of [flood basalt](/source/Flood_basalt) lava flows that contain more than 10 flow units totalling over 200 m (660 ft) of [stratigraphic](/source/Stratigraphy) thickness. It is part of the [Albian](/source/Albian) [Strand Fiord Formation](/source/Strand_Fiord_Formation), which in turn forms part of the [High Arctic Large Igneous Province](/source/High_Arctic_Large_Igneous_Province). The Strand Fiord Formation is interpreted to represent the [cratonward](/source/Craton) extension of the [Alpha Ridge](/source/Alpha_Ridge).[2]

## See also

- [Volcanism in Canada](/source/Volcanism_in_Canada)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Dragon Cliff"](https://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique?id=OAEPF). *[Geographical Names Data Base](/source/GeoBase_(geospatial_data)#Geographical_Names_Data_Base)*. [Natural Resources Canada](/source/Natural_Resources_Canada). Retrieved 2021-04-06.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Canadian Arctic Islands --scenery and geology](http://www.geo.ucalgary.ca/~macrae/arctic/arctic.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20071112154432/http://www.geo.ucalgary.ca/~macrae/arctic/arctic.html) November 12, 2007, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

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