Arctic Cordillera

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The Arctic Cordillera is a remote mountain system in northeastern Canada characterized by rugged peaks, extensive glaciation, and some of the country’s highest and most northerly ranges.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range ⓘ
physiographic region ⓘ
administrativeRegion Nunavik ⓘ
Nunavut ⓘ
biome Arctic tundra ⓘ
borderedBy Arctic Ocean ⓘ
Baffin Bay ⓘ
Lancaster Sound ⓘ
climateType polar ⓘ
tundra ⓘ
contains Arctic coastal fiords ⓘ
Axel Heiberg Island ⓘ
Baffin Island ⓘ
Barnes Ice Cap ⓘ
British Empire Range ⓘ
Bylot Island ⓘ
Challenger Mountains ⓘ
Devon Island ⓘ
Ellesmere Island ⓘ
Grant Land Mountains ⓘ
Penny Ice Cap ⓘ
Princess Margaret Range ⓘ
Sydkap Fiord region ⓘ
United States Range ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
dominantRockType igneous rock ⓘ
metamorphic rock ⓘ
sedimentary rock ⓘ
elevation 2616 m ⓘ
extendsAlong eastern Canadian Arctic Archipelago ⓘ
northeastern rim of North America ⓘ
fauna Arctic fox ⓘ
Arctic hare ⓘ
linked to: Lepus

caribou ⓘ
muskox ⓘ
polar bear ⓘ
ringed seal ⓘ
seabirds ⓘ
geologicalAge Mesozoic ⓘ
linked to: Mesozoic Era

Paleozoic ⓘ
hasCharacteristic extensive glaciation ⓘ
ice caps ⓘ
includes some of the highest mountains in eastern North America ⓘ
nunataks ⓘ
one of Canada’s most northerly mountain systems ⓘ
permafrost ⓘ
polar desert climate ⓘ
remote ⓘ
rugged peaks ⓘ
steep-sided fjords ⓘ
valley glaciers ⓘ
highestPoint Barbeau Peak ⓘ
humanPopulationDensity very low ⓘ
locatedIn Arctic Cordillera ⓘ
northeastern Canada ⓘ
locatedOnContinent North America ⓘ
orogeny Innuitian orogeny ⓘ
partOf Circum-Pacific orogenic belt ⓘ
North American Cordillera ⓘ
protectedAreaIncludes Auyuittuq National Park ⓘ
Quttinirpaaq National Park ⓘ
Sirmilik National Park ⓘ
usedFor climate change monitoring ⓘ
glaciological studies ⓘ
scientific research ⓘ
vegetation cold-adapted shrubs ⓘ
lichens ⓘ
mosses ⓘ
sparse tundra vegetation ⓘ

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Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mount Caubvick → partOf → Arctic Cordillera ⓘ
Gunnbjørn Fjeld → partOf → Arctic Cordillera (broad sense) ⓘ
linked to: Arctic Cordillera
Barbeau Peak → locatedIn → Arctic Cordillera ⓘ
subject linked to: Arctic Cordillera
Nachvak Fjord → partOf → Arctic Cordillera region ⓘ
linked to: Arctic Cordillera
Mount Odin → locatedIn → Baffin Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Arctic Cordillera
Mount Odin → locatedIn → Arctic Cordillera ⓘ
Mount Odin → mountainRange → Baffin Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Arctic Cordillera
Mount Odin → partOf → Arctic Cordillera mountain system ⓘ
linked to: Arctic Cordillera
Auyuittuq National Park → region → eastern Arctic Cordillera ⓘ
linked to: Arctic Cordillera
Barbeau Peak → locatedIn → Arctic Cordillera ⓘ
United States Range → partOf → Arctic Cordillera ⓘ
British Empire Range → locatedIn → Arctic Cordillera ⓘ
British Empire Range → partOf → Arctic Cordillera mountain system ⓘ
linked to: Arctic Cordillera
Kraken Range → partOf → Arctic Cordillera ⓘ
Crocker Mountains → partOf → Arctic Cordillera ⓘ
Crocker Mountains → geologicalSetting → Arctic Cordillera mountain system ⓘ
linked to: Arctic Cordillera
Torngat Mountains → partOf → Arctic Cordillera ⓘ
Mount Thor → locatedIn → Arctic Cordillera ⓘ
Sydkap Fiord region → locatedIn → Arctic Cordillera ⓘ
Grant Land Mountains → locatedIn → Arctic Cordillera ⓘ
Grant Land Mountains → partOf → Arctic Cordillera mountain system ⓘ
linked to: Arctic Cordillera
Grant Land Mountains → partOf → Innuitian Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Arctic Cordillera
Princess Margaret Range → locatedIn → Arctic Cordillera ⓘ
Princess Margaret Range → partOf → Arctic Cordillera ⓘ
Princess Margaret Range → mountainSystem → Arctic Cordillera ⓘ
Challenger Mountains → locatedIn → Arctic Cordillera ⓘ
Challenger Mountains → partOf → Arctic Cordillera mountain system ⓘ
linked to: Arctic Cordillera
Innuitian orogeny → locatedIn → Arctic Cordillera ⓘ
Innuitian orogeny → affectedGeologicalProvince → Innuitian Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Arctic Cordillera
Innuitian orogeny → namedAfter → Innuitian Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Arctic Cordillera