Challenger Mountains

{{Short description|Mountain range in Nunavut, Canada}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name=Challenger Mountains

| photo=Operational Navigation Chart A-5, 3rd edition.jpg

| photo_size=

| photo_caption=Map of Northern Ellesmere Island and far Northern Greenland

| country=Canada

| region=Nunavut

| parent=Innuitian Mountains

| geology=

| geology2=

| period=Mesozoic

| orogeny=Innuitian

| highest=Commonwealth Mountain

| elevation_m=2225

|coordinates = {{coord|82|24|N|76|45|W|type:mountain_region:CA-NU|format=dms|display=inline}}

|range_coordinates = {{coord|82|41|N|076|12|W|type:mountain_region:CA-NU|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| area_km2=14892

| map=Canada Nunavut

| map_caption=Location in Nunavut

}}

The Challenger Mountains are a mountain range on Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Canada. The range is the most northern range in the world and of the Arctic Cordillera.[http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/topo/map?mapsize=428%20380&lat=82.6832999996&long=-76.1999999985&mapxy=276605.284964+3745683.90322&scale=5000000&feature_na=Challenger+Mountains&location1=62&unique_key=0c74ea53849c20c359694e5b24ec0678&searchstring=Challenger%20Mountains&entity=MTN&layers=fapfeature+fapfeature%20north_arrow%20other_features%20million_grid%20t50k_grid%20grid_50k_3%20roads%20hydrography%20boundary%20builtup%20vegetation%20populated_places%20railway%20power_network%20manmade_features%20designated_areas%20water_features%20water_saturated_soils%20relief%20contours%20toponymy%20contour%20nodata_ntdb_50k&urlappend=%26map_textzoom03_feature%3Dnew%26map_textzoom03_feature_points%3D276625.395611+3745681.12644%26map_textzoom03_class_text%3DChallenger%2BMountains%26map_textzoom46_feature%3Dnew%26map_textzoom46_feature_points%3D276625.395611+3745681.12644%26map_textzoom46_class_text%3DChallenger%2BMountains%26map_arrowzoom03_feature%3Dnew%26map_arrowzoom03_feature_points%3D276625.395611+3745681.12644 The Challenger Mountains] at the Atlas of Canada The highest mountain in the range is Commonwealth Mountain {{convert|2225|m|0|abbr=on}}. The United States Range is immediately to the east of the Challenger Mountains.

The range lies within Quttinirpaaq National Park, the second most northerly park in the world after Northeast Greenland National Park in Greenland.{{Cite web|url=https://passport2017.ca/articles/google-street-view-quttinirpaaq|title=Google Street View and Parks Canada Make It to Quttinirpaaq National Park|website=passport2017.ca|access-date=2019-05-14|archive-date=2019-05-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514171503/https://passport2017.ca/articles/google-street-view-quttinirpaaq|url-status=dead}}

Low elevation lakes located along Taconite Inlet are part of the Challenger Mountains and local relief exceeds {{convert|1250|m|abbr=on|0}}.