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Mount Whisler is a
mountain
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of the
British Empire Range
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 and the Arctic Cordillera
The Arctic Cordillera is a terrestrial ecozone in northern Canada charac ...
on
Canada
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's
Ellesmere Island
Ellesmere Island ( iu, script=Latn, Umingmak Nuna, lit=land of muskoxen; french: île d'Ellesmere) is Canada's northernmost and third largest island, and the tenth largest in the world. It comprises an area of , slightly smaller than Great Bri ...
. It is the second highest peak of the British Empire Range, of Ellesmere Island, and of the
Arctic Cordillera
The Arctic Cordillera is a terrestrial ecozone in northern Canada characterized by a vast, deeply dissected chain of mountain ranges extending along the northeastern flank of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago from Ellesmere Island to the northea ...
. It is located about northeast of
Barbeau Peak __NOTOC__
Barbeau Peak is a mountain in Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada. Located on Ellesmere Island within Quttinirpaaq National Park, it is the highest mountain in Nunavut and the Canadian Arctic. The mountain was named in 1969 after Marius Barbea ...
(), the highest peak in the Cordillera. The
Henrietta Nesmith Glacier Henrietta may refer to:
* Henrietta (given name), a feminine given name, derived from the male name Henry
Places
* Henrietta Island in the Arctic Ocean
* Henrietta, Mauritius
* Henrietta, Tasmania, a locality in Australia
United States
* Henr ...
completely surrounds Mount Whisler.
[
The ]United States Army Signal Corps
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first mapped Mount Whisler in 1882 during their Lady Franklin Bay Expedition
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The Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881–1884 to Lady Franklin Bay on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic was led by Lieutenant Adolphus Greely, and was promoted by the United States Army Signal Corps. Its purpose was to establish a met ...
. It was named for Private William Whisler, a member of the party.
Further reading
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References
Sources
*''Geographical Names of the Ellesmere Island National Park Reserve and Vicinity'' by Geoffrey Hattersley-Smith (1998)
External links
Mount Whisler at Index Mundi
Whisler, Mount
Two-thousanders of Nunavut
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