Ukpik Peak is a
mountain
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually highe ...
associated with the
Baffin Mountains
The Baffin Mountains are a mountain range running along the northeastern coast of Baffin Island and Bylot Island, Nunavut, Canada. The ice-capped mountains are part of the Arctic Cordillera and have some of the highest peaks of eastern North Ameri ...
on
Baffin Island,
Nunavut, Canada.
Geography
Ukpik Peak is located at the southern end of the
Remote Peninsula
The Remote Peninsula is a peninsula located on the eastern coast of Baffin Island. It is part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. The Inuit settlement of Pond Inlet is to the northwest and Clyde River is to the southe ...
between the
Stewart Valley and
Sam Ford Fiord.
At it is the twenty-eighth-highest peak in Nunavut and the eighth-highest peak in the territory by
topographic prominence
In topography, prominence (also referred to as autonomous height, relative height, and shoulder drop in US English, and drop or relative height in British English) measures the height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest contou ...
.
[Peaks In Nunavut]
/ref> However, it is not as conspicuous as Sail Peaks rising to the northwest facing Stewart Valley.
References
External links
"Ukpik Peak, Nunavut" on ''Peakbagger''
Arctic Cordillera
Mountains of Baffin Island
One-thousanders of Nunavut
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