British Empire Range
| British Empire Range | |
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 British Empire Range, in the north of Tanquary Fiord
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| Country | Canada |
| Region | Nunavut |
| Highest point | Barbeau Peak |
| - elevation | ft ( m) |
The British Empire Range () is a mountain range on Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Canada. The range is one of the most northern ranges in the world and the Arctic Cordillera, surpassed only by the United States Range which lies immediately to the east. The highest mountain in the range, Barbeau Peak, is the highest peak in North America east of the North American Rocky Mountains.
The range was named by Gordon Noel Humphreys during the Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition. Edward Shackleton, also a member of the party, claimed, in 1937, that Humphreys had done so because he was "a great imperialist".
Peaks of the range include:
| Peak | metres | feet |
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| Barbeau Peak | 2,616 | 8,583 |
| Mount Whisler | 2,500 | 8,202 |
| Arrowhead Mountain | 1,860 | 6,102 |
| Highpointer Peak | 1,585 | 5,200 |
References
- Geographical Names of the Ellesmere Island National Park Reserve and Vicinity by Geoffrey Hattersley-Smith (1998) ISBN 0-919034-96-9
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