Challenger Mountains

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 2,225 m (7,300 ft). The United States Range is immediately to the east of the Challenger Mountains.

Challenger Mountains
Map of Northern Ellesmere Island and far Northern Greenland
Highest point
Peak	Commonwealth Mountain
Elevation	2,225 m (7,300 ft)
Coordinates	82°24′N 76°45′W
Dimensions
Area	14,892 km2 (5,750 sq mi)
Geography
Challenger Mountains Location in Nunavut
Country	Canada
Region	Nunavut
Range coordinates	82°41′N 076°12′W
Parent range	Innuitian Mountains
Geology
Orogeny	Innuitian
Rock age	Mesozoic

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 1,250 m (4,101 ft).

Further reading

• United States. Hydrographic Office, Sailing Directions for Northern Canada: The Coast of Labrador Northward of St. Lewis Sound, the Northern Coast of the Canadian Mainland, and the Canadian Archipelago, Second Edition, 1951 P 513