Challenger Mountains | |
Country: | Canada |
Region: | Nunavut |
Parent: | Innuitian Mountains |
Period: | Mesozoic |
Orogeny: | Innuitian |
Highest: | Commonwealth Mountain |
Elevation M: | 2225 |
Coordinates: | 82.4°N -121°W |
Range Coordinates: | 82.6833°N -88°W |
Area Km2: | 14892 |
The Challenger Mountains are a mountain range on Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Canada. The range is the most northern range in the world and of the Arctic Cordillera.[1] The highest mountain in the range is Commonwealth Mountain 2225m (7,300feet). The United States Range is immediately to the east of the Challenger Mountains.
The range lies within Quttinirpaaq National Park, the second most northerly park in the world after Northeast Greenland National Park in Greenland.[2]
Low elevation lakes located along Taconite Inlet are part of the Challenger Mountains and local relief exceeds 1250m (4,100feet).