Douro Range

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Douro Range
Douro Range
Highest point
Coordinates 76°20′05″N92°44′02″W / 76.33472°N 92.73389°W / 76.33472; -92.73389
Geography
CountryCanada
RegionNunavut
Parent range Arctic Cordillera

The Douro Range is a small mountain range on northwestern Devon Island, Nunavut, Canada. It is one of the northernmost mountain ranges in the world which in turn form part of the Arctic Cordillera mountain system. [1]

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