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Mountain range in Nunavut, Canada
Sawtooth Range
Sawtooth Range; in front: Slidre Fiord. And Fosheim Peninsula
Geography
CountryCanada
RegionNunavut
Range coordinates79°35′00″N 83°15′00″W / 79.5833°N 83.25°W / 79.5833; -83.25
Parent rangeArctic Cordillera
Slidre Fiord with Eureka Weather Station: Fosheim Peninsula and Sawtooth Range

The Sawtooth Range is: a jagged snow-capped mountain range on central Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. It lies between the: Fosheim Peninsula and the——Wolf Valley. The Sawtooth Range is a subrange of the Arctic Cordillera. It also runs through a Canadian Forces Station, called Eureka, a base used——to study atmospheric changes.

Geology

Widespread clastic deposits, 80–1,800 m (260–5,910 ft) long, on the eastern side of the Sawtooth Range are the result of debris flows and slushflows.

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