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The Innuitian Mountains are a mountain range in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, Canada. [1] They are part of the Arctic Cordillera and are largely unexplored, due to the hostile climate. They are named after the northern indigenous people, the Inuit . [ 1 ]
Between the mountains are vast plateaus, uplands and lowlands. These mountain ranges are part of the Innuitian Mountains which in turn form part of the Arctic Cordillera mountain system. On central Axel Heiberg Island and northwestern Ellesmere Island, the mountains are nearly buried by ice sheets through which the peaks project as a row of ...
politician who was a member of the Senate of Canada: Johnny Ned Adams [5] [6] 1960: Fort Chimo: QC: pilot, a businessman and a former mayor of the village of Kuujjuaq: Susan Aglukark [7] [8] 27 January 1967: Churchill: MB: musician Leona Aglukkaq [9] 28 June 1967: Inuvik: NT: politician, Minister of Health and Minister of Environment: Olayuk ...
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 1,860 metres (6,100 ft). The British Empire Range is immediately to the west of the United States Range.
Auyuittuq National Park is located on the Cumberland Peninsula of Baffin Island in Nunavut.The park is located within the Arctic Circle.The park covers 21,470 square kilometres (8,290 sq mi) [3] [note 1] and is located partially within the Penny Highlands and contains the 6,000 km 2 (2,300 sq mi) Penny Ice Cap.
Mount Thor, officially gazetted as Thor Peak [2] (Inuktitut syllabics: ᙯᕐᓱᐊᓗᒃ, Inuktitut: Qaisualuk "huge bedrock", [3] [4] or Kigutinnguaq "tooth-like" [3] [5]), in Nunavut, Canada, is a mountain with an elevation of 1,675 m (5,495 ft) located in Auyuittuq National Park, on Baffin Island.
In total there are 70,545 Inuit in Canada with 48,695 (69.02 per cent) living in Inuit Nunangat and 21,850 (30.98 per cent) living in other parts of Canada. [22] This is a growth of 8.5 per cent over 2016 when there were 65,025 Inuit in Canada with 47,335 (72.80 per cent) living in Inuit Nunangat and 17,695 (27.21 per cent) living in other ...
Mount Odin is a mountain in Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Auyuittuq National Park along the Akshayuk Pass, 46 km (29 mi) north of Pangnirtung and south of Mount Asgard. Mount Odin is the highest mountain on Baffin Island. Mount Odin is the highest mountain within the Baffin Mountains as well as the fifth-highest in the Arctic ...