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Baffin Mountains

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and glaciated valleys with many spectacular glacial and ice-capped mountains. The snowfall in the Baffin Mountains is light, much less than in places like the
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There were Inuit settlements in the Baffin Mountains before European contact. The first European contact is believed to have been by
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One of the first mountaineering expeditions in the Baffin Mountains was in 1934 by J.M Wordie, in which two peaks called
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rocks. They were covered with ice until about 1500 years ago, and vast parts of them are still ice-covered.
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at 1,963 m (6,440 ft). There are no trees in the Baffin Mountains because they are north of the
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Satellite image of Baffin Island, the Baffin Mountains are seen in northeastern Baffin Island
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explorers in the 11th century, but the first recorded sighting of Baffin Island was made by
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was established in 1976. It features much Arctic wilderness, such as fjords,
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The dominant vegetation in the Baffin Mountains is a discontinuous cover of
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The ranges of the Baffin Mountains are separated by deep
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mountains
Auyuittuq National Park
Elevation
Coordinates
66°33′N 65°26′W / 66.550°N 65.433°W / 66.550; -65.433

Canada
Nunavut
Baffin Island
Bylot Island
Parent range
Arctic Cordillera
mountain range
Baffin Island
Bylot Island
Nunavut
Arctic Cordillera
North America
sea level
Mount Odin
Mount Asgard
Qiajivik Mountain
Arctic
tree line
granitic
Geologically
Canadian Shield

Auyuittuq National Park

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