United States Range
| United States Range | |
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 Map with the United States Range |
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| Highest peak | Mount Eugene ( 1850 m ) |
| location | on Ellesmere Island in Nunavut , Canada |
| part of | Arctic Cordillera |
| Coordinates | 82 ° 13 ′ N , 66 ° 1 ′ W |
| particularities | northernmost mountain range in the world |
The United States Range is the northernmost mountain range in the world. It forms part of the Arctic Cordillera and runs in the northeast region of Ellesmere Island in Nunavut , Canada .
At 1,850 m, Mount Eugene is the highest mountain in the chain. Immediately to the west is the British Empire Range .
The mountain range was named after the ship of the American explorer Isaac Israel Hayes in 1861 .