Mount Oxford (Nunavut)

Mount Oxford
Mount Oxford Location in northern Canada
Highest point
Elevation	2,210 m (7,250 ft) [1]
Coordinates	82°09′55″N 73°10′54″W / 82.16528°N 73.18167°W / 82.16528; -73.18167Coordinates: 82°09′55″N 73°10′54″W / 82.16528°N 73.18167°W / 82.16528; -73.18167 [1]
Geography
Location	Nunavut, Canada
Parent range	British Empire Range
Climbing
First ascent	1 May 1935

Mount Oxford is located on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada and was named for the University of Oxford. The first known ascent was in 1935 by A. W. Moore (sometimes listed as Morris) and Nukapinguaq, a Greenland Inuit, during the Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition, when Moore estimated the height as 9,000 ft (2,743 m).

It was not until 1957, when it was climbed for the second time during the International Geophysical Year that an accurate height was obtained.

References

• Hattersley-Smith, Geoffrey (1998). Geographical Names of the Ellesmere Island National Park Reserve and Vicinity. Parks Canada. ISBN 0-919034-96-9. 

External links

• Mount Oxford at Index Mundi
• Mount Oxford at Peakbagger