United States Range
| United States Range | |
|---|---|
Map of Northern Ellesmere Island and far Northern Greenland | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Mount Eugene |
| Elevation | 1,880 m (6,170 ft) |
| Coordinates | 82°25′N 66°47′W / 82.417°N 66.783°W[1] |
| Geography | |
United States Range Location in Nunavut | |
| Country | Canada |
| Territory | Nunavut |
| Range coordinates | 82°25′N 68°0′W / 82.417°N 68.000°W[2] |
| Parent range | Innuitian Mountains |
| Borders on | British Empire Range |
| Topo map | NTS 120F6 Barrier Glacier[2] |
| Geology | |
| Orogeny | Innuitian |
| Rock age | Mesozoic |
The United States Range is one of the northernmost mountain ranges[3] of the Arctic Cordillera and in the world, surpassed only by the Challenger Mountains to the northwest.[4] The range is located in the northeastern region of Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Canada, and is part of the Innuitian Mountains. The highest mountain in the range is Mount Eugene with an elevation of 1,880 metres (6,170 ft). The British Empire Range is immediately to the west of the United States Range.
The range was named in 1861 by American explorer Isaac Israel Hayes after his ship.
See also
References
- ^ "Mount Eugene". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2025-11-05.
- ^ a b "United States Range". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2025-11-05.
- ^ The United States Range at the Atlas of Canada
- ^ The Challenger Mountainsat the Atlas of Canada Archived 2012-02-29 at the Wayback Machine
Further reading
- USDA Forest Service, Eastern Region, Species Conservation Assessment For Juncus stygius var. americanus Buchenau (Moor rush, bog rush), P 12
- Dick, Lyle (2001). Muskox Land: Ellesmere Island in the Age of Contact. University of Calgary Press. pp. 12–14. ISBN 978-1552380505.
External links
- "Topographic map of the range". mapcarta.com. Retrieved 2025-11-03.
- "United States Range". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2025-11-03.
- summitsearch Archived 2020-06-20 at the Wayback Machine