United States Range

Geobox | Range
name=United States Range


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country=Canada
region=Nunavut
parent=Innuitian Mountains
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period=Mesozoic
orogeny=Innuitian
highest=Mount Eugene
highest_elevation=1860
highest_lat_d=82|highest_lat_m=24|highest_lat_s=18.0|highest_lat_NS=N
highest_long_d=66|highest_long_m=38|highest_long_s=39.1|highest_long_EW=W


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The United States Range is one of the most northern mountain ranges [ [http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/topo/map?mapsize=428%20380&lat=82.416700001&long=-67.999999999&mapxy=403957.197374+3760352.04993&scale=5000000&feature_na=United+States+Range&location1=62&unique_key=86a15593d05411d892e2080020a0f4c9&searchstring=United%20States%20Range&entity=MTN&layers=fapfeature+fapfeature%20north_arrow%20other_features%20million_grid%20t50k_grid%20grid_50k_3%20roads%20hydrography%20boundary%20builtup%20vegetation%20populated_places%20railway%20power_network%20manmade_features%20designated_areas%20water_features%20water_saturated_soils%20relief%20contours%20toponymy%20contour%20nodata_ntdb_50k&urlappend=%26map_textzoom03_feature%3Dnew%26map_textzoom03_feature_points%3D403977.32549+3760352.11754%26map_textzoom03_class_text%3DUnited%2BStates%2BRange%26map_textzoom46_feature%3Dnew%26map_textzoom46_feature_points%3D403977.32549+3760352.11754%26map_textzoom46_class_text%3DUnited%2BStates%2BRange%26map_arrowzoom03_feature%3Dnew%26map_arrowzoom03_feature_points%3D403977.32549+3760352.11754 The United States Range] at the Atlas of Canada] in the world and of the Arctic Cordillera and is surpassed only by the Challenger Mountains to the northwest. [ [http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/topo/map?mapsize=428%20380&lat=82.6832999996&long=-76.1999999985&mapxy=276605.284964+3745683.90322&scale=5000000&feature_na=Challenger+Mountains&location1=62&unique_key=0c74ea53849c20c359694e5b24ec0678&searchstring=Challenger%20Mountains&entity=MTN&layers=fapfeature+fapfeature%20north_arrow%20other_features%20million_grid%20t50k_grid%20grid_50k_3%20roads%20hydrography%20boundary%20builtup%20vegetation%20populated_places%20railway%20power_network%20manmade_features%20designated_areas%20water_features%20water_saturated_soils%20relief%20contours%20toponymy%20contour%20nodata_ntdb_50k&urlappend=%26map_textzoom03_feature%3Dnew%26map_textzoom03_feature_points%3D276625.395611+3745681.12644%26map_textzoom03_class_text%3DChallenger%2BMountains%26map_textzoom46_feature%3Dnew%26map_textzoom46_feature_points%3D276625.395611+3745681.12644%26map_textzoom46_class_text%3DChallenger%2BMountains%26map_arrowzoom03_feature%3Dnew%26map_arrowzoom03_feature_points%3D276625.395611+3745681.12644 The Challenger Mountains] at the Atlas of Canada] The range is located on 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 (1,850 m). 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.

ee also

*List of mountain ranges
*Arctic Cordillera

References

External links

* [http://mappoint.msn.com/(0kjt1kztdqip2qzicg30gu45)/map.aspx?C=82.224378%2c-66.018288&A=243.93701423299&L=WLD0409 Mappoint]