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Mount Oxford (Nunavut)

Coordinates: 82°10′N 73°10′W / 82.167°N 73.167°W / 82.167; -73.167
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Mount Oxford
Mount Oxford is located in Nunavut
Mount Oxford
Mount Oxford
Location in northern Canada
Highest point
Elevation2,210 m (7,250 ft)[1]
Prominence246 m (807 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
ListingMountains of Canada
Coordinates82°10′N 73°10′W / 82.167°N 73.167°W / 82.167; -73.167[2]
Geography
CountryCanada
TerritoryNunavut
Parent rangeBritish Empire Range
Topo mapNTS 340E1 (untitled)[2]
Climbing
First ascent1 May 1935

Mount Oxford is located on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada and was named for the University of Oxford. The first known ascent was in 1935 by A. W. Moore (sometimes listed as Morris) and Nukapinguaq, a Greenland Inuit, during the Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition, when Moore estimated the height as 9,000 ft (2,743 m).

It was not until 1957, when it was climbed for the second time during the International Geophysical Year that an accurate height was obtained.

References

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  1. ^ "Mount Oxford". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2014-01-01.
  2. ^ a b "Mount Oxford". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
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