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Mount Battle is named for Ben Battle, a [[geomorphologist]] from [[McGill University]], who drowned crossing a melt water-swollen stream near [[Glacier Lake (Nunavut)|Glacier Lake]] during the 1953 Arctic Institute of North America research-mountaineering expedition.<ref name=bivouac>{{cite bivouac|id=4588 |title=Mount Battle|accessdate=2010-03-03}}</ref> |
Mount Battle is named for Ben Battle, a [[geomorphologist]] from [[McGill University]], who drowned crossing a melt water-swollen stream near [[Glacier Lake (Nunavut)|Glacier Lake]] during the 1953 Arctic Institute of North America research-mountaineering expedition.<ref name=bivouac>{{cite bivouac|id=4588 |title=Mount Battle|accessdate=2010-03-03}}</ref> |
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==Further reading== |
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<div class="mw-content-ltr">• Jack D. Ives, '''[file:///C:/Users/User/Downloads/Baffin_Island_2016_chapter01.pdf BAFFIN ISLAND: Field Research and High Arctic Adventure, 1961–1967]''', P 10 </div> |
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==References== |
==References== |
Revision as of 10:39, 13 October 2018
Mount Battle | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,329 m (4,360 ft)[1] |
Coordinates | 66°40′18.1″N 65°03′11.9″W / 66.671694°N 65.053306°W |
Geography | |
Location | Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada |
Parent range | Baffin Mountains |
Mount Battle is a mountain located 65 km (40 mi) northeast of Pangnirtung on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. It is with the Baffin Mountains which in turn form part of the Arctic Cordillera mountain system.
Mount Battle is named for Ben Battle, a geomorphologist from McGill University, who drowned crossing a melt water-swollen stream near Glacier Lake during the 1953 Arctic Institute of North America research-mountaineering expedition.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Mount Battle". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
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