__NOTOC__ Barbeau Peak is a mountain in Qikiqtaaluk,

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, Canada. Located on

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within

Quttinirpaaq National Park Quttinirpaaq National Park is located on the northeastern corner of Ellesmere Island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is the second most northerly park on Earth after Northeast Greenland National Park. In Inuktitut, Quttinirpaaq ...

, it is the highest

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in Nunavut and the

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. The mountain was named in 1969 after

Marius Barbeau Charles Marius Barbeau, (March 5, 1883 – February 27, 1969), also known as C. Marius Barbeau, or more commonly simply Marius Barbeau, was a Canadian ethnographer and folklorist who is today considered a founder of Canadian anthropology. A ...

, a Canadian anthropologist whose research into

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and

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cultures gained him international acclaim. Mount Barbeau

Barbeau Peak is characterized by deep and long crevasses, razor thin ridges and highly variable and volatile weather. Barbeau Peak is the highest mountain within the

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as well as the

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, as well as in all of eastern North America. Barbeau Peak was first climbed on 7 June 1967 by British geologist/glaciologist Geoffrey Hattersley-Smith as part of a joint Defence Research Board/

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field party. The party both named the peak and determined its height. The second ascent was by an eight-man American team in June 1982 (Errington, Trafton AAC 1983) via the north ridge. Subsequent ascents have been made in 1992, 1998, 2000 and 2002, though as of 2006 only seven successful summits have been attained.

References

*''Geographical Names of the Ellesmere Island National Park Reserve and Vicinity'' by Geoffrey Hattersley-Smith (1998)

External links

Barbeau Peak at SummitPost

"Barbeau Peak, Nunavut" on Peakbagger
British Empire Range Mountains of Qikiqtaaluk Region Ellesmere Island Two-thousanders of Nunavut {{QikiqtaalukNU-geo-stub

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