Arctic Cordillera

E207903

mountain range physiographic region

The Arctic Cordillera is a remote mountain system in northeastern Canada characterized by rugged peaks, extensive glaciation, and some of the country’s highest and most northerly ranges.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Arctic Cordillera canonical	8
Arctic Cordillera mountain system	3
Baffin Mountains	2
Arctic Cordillera (broad sense)	1
Arctic Cordillera region	1
eastern Arctic Cordillera	1

Statements (69)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mountain range ⓘ physiographic region ⓘ
administrativeRegion	Nunavik ⓘ Nunavut ⓘ
biome	Arctic tundra ⓘ
borderedBy	Arctic Ocean ⓘ Baffin Bay ⓘ Lancaster Sound ⓘ
climateType	polar ⓘ tundra ⓘ
contains	Arctic coastal fiords ⓘ Axel Heiberg Island ⓘ Baffin Island ⓘ Barnes Ice Cap ⓘ British Empire Range ⓘ Bylot Island ⓘ Challenger Mountains ⓘ Devon Island ⓘ Ellesmere Island ⓘ Grant Land Mountains ⓘ Penny Ice Cap ⓘ Princess Margaret Range ⓘ Sydkap Fiord region ⓘ United States Range ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
dominantRockType	igneous rock ⓘ metamorphic rock ⓘ sedimentary rock ⓘ
elevation	2616 m ⓘ
extendsAlong	eastern Canadian Arctic Archipelago ⓘ northeastern rim of North America ⓘ
fauna	Arctic fox ⓘ Lepus ⓘ surface form: Arctic hare caribou ⓘ muskox ⓘ polar bear ⓘ ringed seal ⓘ seabirds ⓘ
geologicalAge	Mesozoic Era ⓘ surface form: Mesozoic Paleozoic ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	extensive glaciation ⓘ ice caps ⓘ includes some of the highest mountains in eastern North America ⓘ nunataks ⓘ one of Canada’s most northerly mountain systems ⓘ permafrost ⓘ polar desert climate ⓘ remote ⓘ rugged peaks ⓘ steep-sided fjords ⓘ valley glaciers ⓘ
highestPoint	Barbeau Peak ⓘ
humanPopulationDensity	very low ⓘ
locatedIn	Arctic Cordillera self-linksurface differs ⓘ northeastern Canada ⓘ
locatedOnContinent	North America ⓘ
orogeny	Innuitian orogeny ⓘ
partOf	Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ surface form: Circum-Pacific orogenic belt North American Cordillera ⓘ
protectedAreaIncludes	Auyuittuq National Park ⓘ Quttinirpaaq National Park ⓘ Sirmilik National Park ⓘ
usedFor	climate change monitoring ⓘ glaciological studies ⓘ scientific research ⓘ
vegetation	cold-adapted shrubs ⓘ lichens ⓘ mosses ⓘ sparse tundra vegetation ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mount Caubvick → partOf → Arctic Cordillera ⓘ

Gunnbjørn Fjeld → partOf → Arctic Cordillera ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arctic Cordillera (broad sense)

Arctic Cordillera → locatedIn → Arctic Cordillera self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Barbeau Peak

Nachvak Fjord → partOf → Arctic Cordillera ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arctic Cordillera region

Mount Odin → locatedIn → Arctic Cordillera ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baffin Mountains

Mount Odin → locatedIn → Arctic Cordillera ⓘ

Mount Odin → mountainRange → Arctic Cordillera ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baffin Mountains

Mount Odin → partOf → Arctic Cordillera ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arctic Cordillera mountain system

Auyuittuq National Park → region → Arctic Cordillera ⓘ

this entity surface form: eastern Arctic Cordillera

Barbeau Peak → locatedIn → Arctic Cordillera ⓘ

United States Range → partOf → Arctic Cordillera ⓘ

British Empire Range → locatedIn → Arctic Cordillera ⓘ

British Empire Range → partOf → Arctic Cordillera ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arctic Cordillera mountain system

Kraken Range → partOf → Arctic Cordillera ⓘ

Crocker Mountains → partOf → Arctic Cordillera ⓘ

Crocker Mountains → geologicalSetting → Arctic Cordillera ⓘ

this entity surface form: Arctic Cordillera mountain system