Quttinirpaaq National Park

Quttinirpaaq National Park

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iucn_category=II



caption=Location of "Quttinirpaaq National Park" in Canada
locator_x=131
locator_y=0
location=Nunavut, Canada
nearest_city=Resolute
lat_degrees=81
lat_minutes=33
lat_seconds=50
lat_direction=N
long_degrees=68
long_minutes=25
long_seconds=17
long_direction=W
area=37,775 km²
established=1986
visitation_num=
visitation_year=
governing_body=Parks Canada

Quttinirpaaq National Park is a Canadian national park. Located on the northeastern corner of Ellesmere Island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, the most northerly extent of Canada, it is the second most northerly park on Earth after Northeast Greenland National Park. In Inuktitut, Quttinirpaaq means "top of the world". It was established as Ellesmere Island National Park Reserve in 1988, and the name was changed to Quttinirpaaq in 1999, [ [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0010119 The Canadian Encyclopedia] ] when Nunavut was created, and became a national park in 2000. [http://www.newparksnorth.org/regions/Auyuittuq.htm New Parks North] ] The land here is dominated by rock and ice. It is a polar desert with very little annual precipitation and many of the glaciers here are remnants from the last episode of glaciation. The reserve covers convert|37775|km²|0|abbr=on, making it the second largest park in Canada, after Wood Buffalo National Park. Some wildlife, including Arctic Hare, Peary Caribou, and Muskoxen live in the park, but sparse vegetation and low temperatures support only small populations. Plant and animal life is heavily concentrated in the Lake Hazen region, which due to its sheltered location has a milder climate than the surrounding plateaus.

Much of the highlands of the reserve accumulate snow that typically does not melt in the summer, but instead compacts into ice and flows down glaciers and into the Arctic Ocean. In many instances, this occurs in the form of land-based glaciers, which terminate before reaching water, with ice melting into lakes or streams as it drains away. Glaciologists can monitor these glaciers for signs that their ends (termini) are retreating, a possible indicator of regional climate warming. In other instances, the glaciers reach the sea and flow out over the water, breaking apart as icebergs. Such glaciers are known as tidewater glaciers. In these glaciers, the terminus can retreat suddenly and may not reflect short-term regional climate change. Their movement is driven by complex processes related to the thickness of the ice and the depth of the water.

The park includes Barbeau Peak, which at convert|2616|m|abbr=on|0 is the highest mountain in Nunavut.

Parks Canada, which is responsible for the area, operates the Tanquary Fiord Airport, which, via Resolute, is one of the main access points for tourists who visit the area. [ [http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nu/quttinirpaaq/visit/visit2_e.asp To Get to Quttinirpaaq National Park - Parks Canada] ]

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ee also

*List of National Parks of Canada
*List of Nunavut parks
*Arctic Cordillera

References

External links

* [http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=16341 NASA Earth Observatory page]
* [http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nu/quttinirpaaq/index_E.asp Parks Canada]


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