Barbeau Peak

{{short description|Mountain in Nunavut, Canada}}{{More citations needed|date=April 2025}}{{Infobox mountain

| name = Barbeau Peak

| photo = Barbeau Peak, Nunavut.jpg

| photo_caption = Barbeau Peak as seen from its eastern side

| elevation_m = 2616

| elevation_ref = [http://www.peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/canada/yukon.html "Yukon Northwest Territories and Ninavut Ultra-Prominences"] Retrieved 2011-12-06.

| prominence_m = 2616

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| listing = {{unbulleted list

|Highest ocean islands 37th

|North America prominent peaks 31st

|North America isolated peaks 13th

|Canada most prominent peaks 11th

|Canada most isolated peaks 1st

|Canadian Subnational High Points 5th

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| location = Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada

| range = British Empire Range

| map = Canada Nunavut

| map_caption = Location in northern Nunavut, Canada

| map_size = 240

| label_position = bottom

| range_coordinates =

| coordinates = {{coord|81|55|36|N|74|59|12|W|type:mountain_region:CA-NU_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref =

| topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|340|D|15}}

| first_ascent = June 5, 1967

| easiest_route = basic snow climb

}}

Barbeau Peak is a mountain in Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada. Located on Ellesmere Island within Quttinirpaaq National Park, it is the highest mountain in Nunavut and the Canadian Arctic. The mountain was named in 1969 after Marius Barbeau, a Canadian anthropologist whose research into First Nations and Inuit cultures gained him international acclaim.{{cite web|url=http://www.summitsofcanada.ca/canatrek/summits/nunavut.html|title=Nunavut - Barbeau Peak|publisher=The Summits of Canada|access-date=2007-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105161910/http://www.summitsofcanada.ca/canatrek/summits/nunavut.html|archive-date=2013-11-05|url-status=dead}}

File:Mount Barbeau.jpg

Barbeau Peak is characterized by deep and long crevasses, razor thin ridges and highly variable and volatile weather.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}

Barbeau Peak is the highest mountain within the British Empire Range as well as the Arctic Cordillera, as well as in all of eastern North America.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}

Barbeau Peak was first climbed on 7 June 1967 by British geologist/glaciologist Geoffrey Hattersley-Smith as part of a joint Defence Research Board/Royal Air Force field party. The party both named the peak and determined its height.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}

The second ascent was by an eight-man American team in June 1982 (Errington, Trafton AAC 1983) via the north ridge. Subsequent ascents were made in 1992, 1998, 2000 and 2002, though as of 2006 only seven successful summits have been attained.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}

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