British Empire Range

British Empire Range

Geobox|Range
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image_caption=British Empire Range, in the north of Tanquary Fiord
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highest=Barbeau Peak
highest_elevation=2616
highest_lat_d=81|highest_lat_m=54|highest_lat_s=30|highest_lat_NS=N
highest_long_d=75|highest_long_m=01|highest_long_s=30|highest_long_EW=W
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The British Empire Range is a mountain range on Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Canada. The range is one of the most northern ranges in the world [ [http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/topo/map?mapsize=428%20380&lat=82.3500000007&long=-77.4999999985&mapxy=268573.707593+3702696.05337&scale=5000000&feature_na=British+Empire+Range&location1=62&unique_key=0c754d28849c20c35b4ad5ba544daf38&searchstring=British%20Empire%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%3D268593.589101+3702693.18667%26map_textzoom03_class_text%3DBritish%2BEmpire%2BRange%26map_textzoom46_feature%3Dnew%26map_textzoom46_feature_points%3D268593.589101+3702693.18667%26map_textzoom46_class_text%3DBritish%2BEmpire%2BRange%26map_arrowzoom03_feature%3Dnew%26map_arrowzoom03_feature_points%3D268593.589101+3702693.18667 British Empire Range] at the Atlas of Canada] and the Arctic Cordillera, surpassed only by the Challenger Mountains [ [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] which lies immediately to the northwest and the United States Range [ [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] slightly further east. The highest mountain in the range, Barbeau Peak, is the highest peak in North America east of the North American Rocky Mountains.

The range was named by Gordon Noel Humphreys during the "Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition". Edward Shackleton, also a member of the party, claimed, in 1937, that Humphreys had done so because he was "a great imperialist".

Peaks of the range include:

References

*"Geographical Names of the Ellesmere Island National Park Reserve and Vicinity" by Geoffrey Hattersley-Smith (1998) ISBN 0-919034-96-9


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