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Arctic Cordillera
The
Arctic
Cordillera
is a vast, deeply dissected chain of mountain ranges extending along the northeastern flank of the
Canadian Arctic Archipelago
from
Ellesmere Island
to the northeasternmost part of the
Labrador Peninsula
in northern
Labrador
and northern
Quebec
,
Canada
. It spans most of the eastern coast of
Nunavut
with high glaciated peaks rising through icefields and some of Canada's largest ice caps, including the
Penny Ice Cap
on
Baffin Island
. It is bounded to the east by
Baffin Bay
,
Davis Strait
and the
Labrador Sea
while its northern portion is bounded by the
Arctic Ocean
.
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