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Mount Baldr Elevation 1,720 m (5,643 ft) Location Location Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada Range Baffin Mountains Coordinates 66°33′00″N 65°13′59″W / 66.55°N 65.23306°WCoordinates: 66°33′00″N 65°13′59″W / 66.55°N 65.23306°W Topo map NTS 026I/11 Mount Baldr is a mountain on Baffin Island, located 49 km (30 mi) northeast of Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada. It lies in the southern Baffin Mountains, which in turn form part of the Arctic Cordillera mountain system. Like nearby Breidablik Peak and Mount Odin and other peaks in the Arctic Cordillera, its name comes from Norse mythology. It is named after Baldr, a god in Germanic paganism and is Odin's second son.[1]
References
- ^ "Mount Baldr". Bivouac.com. http://www.bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=4602. in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia
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