Sawtooth Range (Nunavut) Explained

Sawtooth Range
Photo Size:275
Country:Canada
Region:Nunavut
Parent:Arctic Cordillera
Range Coordinates:79.5833°N -83.25°W

The Sawtooth Range is a jagged snow-capped mountain range on central Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. It lies between the Fosheim Peninsula and the Wolf Valley. The Sawtooth Range is a subrange of the Arctic Cordillera.It also runs through a Canadian Forces Station, called Eureka, a base used to study atmospheric changes.

Geology

Widespread clastic deposits, 80m-1800mm (260feet-5,900feetm) long, on the eastern side of the Sawtooth Range are the result of debris flows and slushflows.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. http://article.pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/ppv/RPViewDoc?_handler_=HandleInitialGet&journal=cjes&volume=35&calyLang=fra&articleFile=e97-086.pdf Terrestrial record of rapid mass movements in the Sawtooth Range, Ellesmere Island, Northwest Territories,Nunavut Canada