Mount Oxford (Nunavut)

Mount Oxford is located on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada and was named for the University of Oxford. The first known ascent was in 1935 by A. W. Moore (sometimes listed as Morris) and Nukapinguaq, a Greenlandic Inuk, during the Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition, when Moore estimated the height as 9,000 ft (2,743 m).

Mount Oxford
Mount Oxford Location in Nunavut
Highest point
Elevation	2,210 m (7,250 ft)[1]
Prominence	246 m (807 ft)
Listing	Mountains of Canada
Coordinates	82°10′N 73°10′W[2]
Geography
Country	Canada
Territory	Nunavut
Parent range	British Empire Range
Topo map	NTS 340E1 (untitled)[2]
Climbing
First ascent	1 May 1935

It was not until 1957, when it was climbed for the second time during the International Geophysical Year that an accurate height was obtained.