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Barbeau Peak is a mountain in 
Barbeau Peak is characterized by deep and long crevasses, razor thin ridges and highly variable and volatile weather.
Barbeau Peak is the highest mountain within the British Empire Range as well as the Arctic Cordillera, as well as in all of eastern North America.
Barbeau Peak was first climbed on 7 June 1967 by British geologist/glaciologist
Barbeau Peak at SummitPost
"Barbeau Peak, Nunavut" on Peakbagger
British Empire Range Mountains of Qikiqtaaluk Region Ellesmere Island Two-thousanders of Nunavut {{QikiqtaalukNU-geo-stub
Qikiqtaaluk
Qikiqtaaluk (ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃ formerly Sillem Island is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is the second largest (after Bylot Island) of the several hundred islands and islets that are located in Baffin Bay, ...
, Nunavut, Canada. Located on Ellesmere Island within Quttinirpaaq National Park, it is the highest mountain
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually highe ...
in Nunavut and the Canadian Arctic. The mountain was named in 1969 after Marius Barbeau
Charles Marius Barbeau, (March 5, 1883 – February 27, 1969), also known as C. Marius Barbeau, or more commonly simply Marius Barbeau, was a Canadian ethnographer and folklorist who is today considered a founder of Canadian anthropology. A ...
, a Canadian anthropologist whose research into First Nations
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* Indigenous peoples, for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area.
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and Inuit
Inuit (; iu, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 'the people', singular: Inuk, , dual: Inuuk, ) are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic and subarctic regions of Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories ...
cultures gained him international acclaim.
Barbeau Peak is characterized by deep and long crevasses, razor thin ridges and highly variable and volatile weather.
Barbeau Peak is the highest mountain within the British Empire Range as well as the Arctic Cordillera, as well as in all of eastern North America.
Barbeau Peak was first climbed on 7 June 1967 by British geologist/glaciologist Geoffrey Hattersley-Smith
Geoffrey Francis Hattersley-Smith D.Phil, FRSC, FRGS, FAINA (22 April 1923 – 21 July 2012) was an English-born Canadian geologist and glaciologist, recognized as a pioneering researcher of Northern Canada.Wingrove, Josh (4 August 2012). ...
as part of a joint Defence Research Board/Royal Air Force
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field party. The party both named the peak and determined its height.
The second ascent was by an eight-man American team in June 1982 (Errington, Trafton AAC 1983) via the north ridge. Subsequent ascents have been made in 1992, 1998, 2000 and 2002, though as of 2006 only seven successful summits have been attained.
See also
*List of highest points of Canadian provinces and territories
This is a list of the highest points of the Canadian provinces and territories, by height.
;Notes
*Fairweather Mountain is the officially gazetted name, but Mount Fairweather is the common usage. Mount Fairweather is on the boundary with Alaska, ...
* Mountain peaks of Canada
*List of Ultras of Canada
The following sortable table comprises the 150 most topographically prominent mountain peaks of Canada.
The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:
#The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of ...
Further reading
* * * *References
*''Geographical Names of the Ellesmere Island National Park Reserve and Vicinity'' by Geoffrey Hattersley-Smith (1998)External links
Barbeau Peak at SummitPost
"Barbeau Peak, Nunavut" on Peakbagger
British Empire Range Mountains of Qikiqtaaluk Region Ellesmere Island Two-thousanders of Nunavut {{QikiqtaalukNU-geo-stub