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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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