British Empire Range

The British Empire Range is a mountain range on Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, Canada. The range is one of the most northern ranges in the world<ref>British Empire Range at the Atlas of Canada</ref> and the Arctic Cordillera, surpassed only by the Challenger Mountains<ref>The Challenger Mountains at the Atlas of Canada</ref> which lies immediately to the northwest and the United States Range<ref>The United States Range at the Atlas of Canada</ref> slightly further east. The highest mountain in the range is Barbeau Peak.

The range was named by Gordon Noel Humphreys during the Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition. Edward Shackleton, also a member of the party, claimed, in 1937, that Humphreys had done so because he was "a great imperialist".

Peaks of the range include:

Peak	metres	feet
Barbeau Peak	2,616	8,583
Mount Whisler	2,500	8,202
Mount Oxford	2,210	7,250
Arrowhead Mountain	1,860	6,102
Highpointer Peak	1,585	5,200

References

• Geographical Names of the Ellesmere Island National Park Reserve and Vicinity by Geoffrey Hattersley-Smith (1998) Template:ISBN