Barbeau Peak

Barbeau Peak, on Ellesmere Island in Nunavut's Quttinirpaaq National Park, is the highest mountain in Nunavut, the Canadian Arctic, the British Empire Range, the Arctic Cordillera, and eastern North America. Its remote far northern location, severe alpine conditions, deep crevasses, narrow ridges, and volatile weather make climbing especially serious and difficult. Geoffrey Hattersley-Smith first reached the summit on 7 June 1967 during a joint Defence Research Board and Royal Air Force field party, which also named the mountain and determined its height. Officially named in 1969 for anthropologist Marius Barbeau, the peak has seen only a handful of successful ascents.

Nunavut · Canada