Conger Range

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

{{Infobox mountain range

| name=Conger Range

| photo=Tanquary Fiord 12 1997-08-05.jpg

| photo_size=275

| photo_caption=The Conger Range and Ad Astra Ice Cap

| country=Canada

| region=Nunavut

| parent=Arctic Cordillera

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| highest=Mount Biederbick

| elevation_m=1542

| coordinates = {{coord|81|33|00.0|N|74|28|01.2|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| map=Canada Nunavut

| map_caption=Location in Nunavut

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The Conger Range, also called the Conger Mountains, is a mountain range in Quttinirpaaq National Park on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada, beginning about {{convert|16|km|abbr=on|0}} west of Mount Osborne. It is part of the Arctic Cordillera which is a vast dissected mountain system extending from Ellesmere Island to the northernmost tip of Labrador and northeastern Quebec. The Conger Range is a structural extension of the Garfield Range and continues into the highlands north of the head of Hare Fiord. The overall extent of the range is about {{convert|180|km|abbr=on|0}}. Most of its peaks are ice-covered, although nearly all of the southern slopes are ice-free. Many of the valleys between the peaks are filled with glacial tongues spilling out to the south from the Grand Land Ice Cap. Its highest point is Mount Biederbick at {{convert|1542|m|abbr=on|0}}.

The Conger Range was named by American Polar explorer Adolphus Greely, who sighted them during a dog sledding exploration to the interior of northern Ellesmere Island in 1882.[https://books.google.com/books?id=seWk7ZVSE7sC&dq=conger+range+nunavut&pg=PA14 Muskox Land: Ellesmere Island in the Age of Contact]