Akshayuk PassAkshayuk Pass formerly Pangnirtung PassAkshayuk Pass (Formerly Pangnirtung Pass) is a mountain pass in the Baffin Mountains of Nunavut, Canada. It is found within Auyuittuq National Park. To the southwest is Mount Thor, about , and Pangnirtung, about and to the northeast is Qikiqtarjuaq, about .
Geography Akshayuk Pass is a U-shaped glacially carved valley on the Cumberland Peninsula of Baffin Island. It is a Auyuittuq National Park at Travel Nunavut long mountain pass which cuts through the southern Baffin Mountains. Two rivers flow from Akshayuk Pass, the Owl river in the north and the Weasel river in the south. The highest point is Summit Lake, which is above sea level.
Akshayuk Pass was carved by glaciers during the last glacial period.Cosmogenic 10Be and 26Al ages for the Last Glacial Maximum, eastern Baffin Island, Arctic Canada Many smaller glaciers still remain in adjacent hanging valleys. Many of these glaciers source from the Penny Ice Cap to the north of Akshayuk Pass.
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