Sawtooth Range (Nunavut)

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Sawtooth Range
Range
none Sawtooth Range; in front: Slidre Fiord and Fosheim Peninsula
Sawtooth Range; in front: Slidre Fiord and Fosheim Peninsula
Country Canada
Region Nunavut
Part of Arctic Cordillera
Highest point
 - coordinates 59°30′10″N 135°06′20″W / 59.50278, -135.10556
Slidre Fiord with Eureka Weather Station: Fosheim Peninsula and Sawtooth Range
Slidre Fiord with Eureka Weather Station: Fosheim Peninsula and Sawtooth Range

The Sawtooth Range is a jagged snow-capped mountain range on central Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. It lies between the Fosheim Peninsula and the Wolf Valley. The Sawtooth Range is a subrange of the Arctic Cordillera which is the only major mountain system in Canada east of the Rocky Mountains.[1]

[edit] Geology

Widespread clastic deposits, 80-1800 m long, on the eastern side of the Sawtooth Range are the result of debris flows and slushflows.[2]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Canadian Biodiversity: Ecozones: Arctic Cordillera
  2. ^ Terrestrial record pf rapid mass movements in the Sawtooth Range, Ellesmere Island, Northwest Territories, Canada

Coordinates: 79°35′06″N 83°14′56″W / 79.585, -83.249


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