Ukpik Peak

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Ukpik Peak
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Ukpik Peak
Location in Canada
Highest point
Elevation 1,809 m (5,935 ft) [1]
Prominence 1,650 m (5,410 ft) [1]
Listing
Coordinates 70°41′10″N71°19′10″W / 70.68611°N 71.31944°W / 70.68611; -71.31944 [2] Coordinates: 70°41′10″N71°19′10″W / 70.68611°N 71.31944°W / 70.68611; -71.31944 [2]
Geography
Location Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada
Parent range Baffin Mountains
Topo map NTS 27F12 (Untitled)

Ukpik Peak is a mountain associated with the Baffin Mountains on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada.

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Geography

Ukpik Peak is located at the southern end of the Remote Peninsula between the Stewart Valley and Sam Ford Fiord. [3]

At 1,809 m (5,935 ft) it is the twenty-eighth-highest peak in Nunavut and the eighth-highest peak in the territory by topographic prominence. [4] However, it is not as conspicuous as Sail Peaks rising 4.5 km (2.8 mi) to the northwest facing Stewart Valley. [5]

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The Remote Peninsula is a peninsula located on the eastern coast of Baffin Island. It is part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. The Inuit settlement of Pond Inlet is 295 km (183 mi) to the northwest and Clyde River is 90 km (56 mi) to the southeast.

References

  1. 1 2 "Ukpik Peak". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2008-04-14.
  2. 1 2 "Ukpik Peak". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  3. "Ukpik Peak". Mapcarta. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  4. Peaks In Nunavut
  5. "DMM - Brits gear up for Arctic Yosemite". Archived from the original on 17 June 2017.