Mount Whisler

Mount Whisler
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height	2500 m
location	Ellesmere Island , Canada
Mountains	British Empire Range , Arctic Cordillera
Coordinates	82 ° 0 '45 " N , 74 ° 31' 51" W Coordinates: 82 ° 0 '45 " N , 74 ° 31' 51" W.
First ascent	1961 by Geoffrey Hattersley-Smith et al

Mount Whisler is a 2500 meter high mountain in the Canadian territory of Nunavut . It is the second highest mountain on Ellesmere Island , the British Empire Range and the Arctic Cordillera . Mount Whisler is located around twelve kilometers northeast of Barbeau Peak , the highest mountain in the Cordillera.

The mountain is completely enclosed by the Henrietta Nesmith Glacier and is located in the Quttinirpaaq National Park . It was first mapped in 1882 by an expedition of the United States Army Signal Corps led by Adolphus Greely , which was an American contribution to the First International Polar Year . It is named after the expedition member William Whisler († 1884).

literature

Geoffrey Hattersley-Smith: Geographical Names of the Ellesmere Island National Park Reserve and Vicinity , 1998, ISBN 0-919034-96-9