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Canadian Arctic Shores

Range Type	Bogus mountain grouping for this site
Highest Point	Cap Mountain (1570+ m/5150+ ft)
Countries	Canada
States/Provinces	Northwest Territories (51%), Nunavut (49%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	1,133,505 sq km / 437,647 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	1,224 km / 760 mi North-South 2,263 km / 1,406 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	65° 49' N; 110° 35' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Canadian Arctic Shores
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Note: Range borders shown on map are an approximation and are not authoritative.
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Canadian Arctic Shores.

Canadian Shield	Level 3 (Parent)
Canadian Arctic Shores	Level 4
Franklin Mountains	Level 5 (Child)
North-Central Canadian Shield	Level 4 (Sibling)
Northern Ontario	Level 4 (Sibling)
Northern Quebec	Level 4 (Sibling)
Torngat Mountains	Level 4 (Sibling)
Central and South Labrador	Level 4 (Sibling)
Laurentian Mountains	Level 4 (Sibling)
Adirondack Mountains	Level 4 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Canadian Arctic Shores

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range5
1.	Cap Mountain	1570+	5150+	Franklin Mountains
2.	Mount Clark	1463+	4800+	Franklin Mountains
3.	Melville Hills High Point	869+	2850+
4.	Horn Plateau	840+	2756+
5.	Melville Hills Peak 803	803	2635
6.	Melville Hills Peak 790	790+	2592+
7.	Melville Hills Peak 782	782	2566
8.	Coppermine Bend Peak	750+	2461+
9.	Cartridge Plateau	747	2451
10.	Ortona Lake Hills	725	2379
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range5
1.	Cap Mountain	1570+	5150+	Franklin Mountains

Photos of Peaks in the Canadian Arctic Shores

Ranney Hill

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Ranney Hill from 1st bench (2023-05-25). Photo by Patrick Thornley.
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