Mount Beaufort is a

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located on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut,

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and was named after Francis Beaufort. The mountain was first sighted by Elisha Kane in 1845 and named ''Mount Francis Beaufort''.

References

*''Geographical Names of the Ellesmere Island National Park Reserve and Vicinity'' by Geoffrey Hattersley-Smith (1998) Arctic Cordillera Mountains of Canada under 1000 metres {{QikiqtaalukNU-geo-stub