Prince of Wales Mountains

Prince of Wales Mountains
location	Ellesmere Island in Nunavut (Canada)
part of	Arctic Cordillera
Coordinates	78 ° 33 ′ N , 78 ° 40 ′ W Coordinates: 78 ° 33 ′ N , 78 ° 40 ′ W
surface	20,000 km²

The Prince of Wales Mountains form a mountain range on Ellesmere Island in the north of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago . The mountain range, which is roughly in the middle of the island, is part of the Arctic Cordillera . It was named in 1852 after the then Crown Prince Albert Edward, later Edward VII . The Prince of Wales Icefield covers the mountain range. The ice cap has an area of approximately 20,000 km².

Individual evidence

^ Alan Rayburn: Naming Canada. Stories About Canadian Place Names. University of Toronto Press, Toronto / Buffalo / London 2001. ISBN 0-8020-8293-9 . P. 293
↑ Wolken et al .: Snow and ice facies variability and ice layer formation on Canadian Arctic ice caps, 1999–2005. From: Journal of Geophysical Research. Vol. 114, August 21, 2009. ( online (PDF) )

[1] Alan Rayburn: Naming Canada. Stories About Canadian Place Names. University of Toronto Press, Toronto / Buffalo / London 2001. ISBN 0-8020-8293-9 . P. 293

[2] Wolken et al .: Snow and ice facies variability and ice layer formation on Canadian Arctic ice caps, 1999–2005. From: Journal of Geophysical Research. Vol. 114, August 21, 2009. ( online (PDF) )