# Garfield Range

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Mountain range in Nunavut, Canada

Garfield Range Western part of Lake Hazen (Summer 1997); Quttinirpaaq National Park, Nunavut, Canada Geography Garfield Range Location in Nunavut Country Canada Territory Nunavut Range coordinates 81°48′N 72°40′W / 81.800°N 72.667°W / 81.800; -72.667[1] Parent range Arctic Cordillera Topo map NTS 340D16 Henrietta Nesmith Glacier[1]

The **Garfield Range** is a [mountain range](/source/Mountain_range) on [Ellesmere Island](/source/Ellesmere_Island), [Nunavut](/source/Nunavut), Canada. The [mountains](/source/Mountain) are made of [Paleozoic](/source/Paleozoic) [rocks](/source/Rock_(geology)) and rise to heights between 1,067 m (3,501 ft) and 1,433 m (4,701 ft) and are separated by [valleys](/source/Valley) through which flow the major [rivers](/source/River) fed by the [ice fields](/source/Ice_field) and [glaciers](/source/Glacier). Like most of the mountain ranges in the Arctic, it is one of the world's northernmost mountain ranges.

The Garfield Range is located at [Lake Hazen](/source/Lake_Hazen) which is the world's largest [lake](/source/Lake) north of the [Arctic Circle](/source/Arctic_Circle) by volume[2] and acts as a barrier between the lake and the Grant Land ice cap and [nunataks](/source/Nunatak) of the [United States Range](/source/United_States_Range) to the north. The Gilman Glacier is one of the largest glaciers draining into Lake Hazen. To the east, the mountain range extends across the Hazen Plateau while, to the west, it runs virtually to the head of Tanquary Fiord. The mountains, which tower as much as 1,500 m (4,921 ft) above Lake Hazen, typically consists of steep snow-free slopes facing south, with north-facing slopes of shallow gradients covered in snow and ice. At intervals, the range is bisected by broad valleys 5 to 8 km (3.1 to 5.0 mi) in width that are occasionally filled by glacial tongues, such as the monumental Henrieta Nesmith Glacier that descends to within 4 km (2 mi) of Lake Hazen near its northwestern end.

## See also

- [List of mountain ranges](/source/List_of_mountain_ranges)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-cgndb_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-cgndb_1-1) ["Garfield Range"](https://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique?id=OAGDI). *[Geographical Names Data Base](/source/GeoBase_(geospatial_data)#Geographical_Names_Data_Base)*. [Natural Resources Canada](/source/Natural_Resources_Canada). Retrieved 2025-11-01.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [World Lakes Database: Hazen Lake](http://www.ilec.or.jp/database/nam/nam-32.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20070715032935/http://www.ilec.or.jp/database/nam/nam-32.html) 2007-07-15 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

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