The United States Range is one of the northernmost mountain ranges[1] of the Arctic Cordillera and in the world, surpassed only by the Challenger Mountains to the northwest.[2] 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.
| United States Range | |
|---|---|
 Map of Northern Ellesmere Island and far Northern Greenland | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Mount Eugene |
| Elevation | 1,860 m (6,100 ft) |
| Coordinates | 82°24′18.0″N 66°38′39.1″W / 82.405000°N 66.644194°W |
| Geography | |
 | |
| Country | Canada |
| Region | Nunavut |
| Range coordinates | 82°25′N 68°0′W / 82.417°N 68.000°W |
| Parent range | Innuitian Mountains |
| Geology | |
| Orogeny | Innuitian |
| Rock age | Mesozoic |
The range was named in 1861 by American explorer Isaac Israel Hayes after his ship.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ The United States Range at the Atlas of Canada
- ^ The Challenger Mountains at the Atlas of Canada
Further reading
edit- USDA Forest Service, Eastern Region, Species Conservation Assessment For Juncus stygius var. americanus Buchenau (Moor rush, bog rush), P 12
- Lyle Dick, Muskox Land: Ellesmere Island in the Age of Contact, PP 12 – 14