Vancouver Island Ranges
Vancouver Island Ranges | |
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Topographic map |
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Highest peak | Golden Hinde ( 2195 m ) |
location | British Columbia |
part of | Insular Mountains |
Coordinates | 49 ° 40 ′ N , 125 ° 45 ′ W |
Type | Ceiling / fold mountains |
Age of the rock | Alpidian phase (100-10 kya ) |
The mountain ranges of the Vancouver Island Ranges |
The Vancouver Island Ranges , formerly the Vancouver Island Mountains , extend mainly over Vancouver Island in the southwest of the Canadian province of British Columbia and are part of the Insular Mountains .
The mountain range extends over an area of around 31,788 km 2 .
The Vancouver Island Ranges are made up of the following parts:
number | Surname | Area in km 2 | location |
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1 | Refuge Range | 239 | On the Brooks Peninsula |
2 | Sophia Range | 150 | On Nootka Island , between Esperanza Inlet and Nuchatlitz Inlet |
3 | Genevieve Range | 101 | On Nootka Island, south of the Sophia Range |
4th | Karmutzen Range | 64 | West of Nimpkish Lake and between Tlakwa Creek and Karmuzten Creek |
5 | Hankin Range | 287 | Between Nimpkish Lake and Bonanza Lake |
6th | Franklin Range | 200 | Between Robson Bight on Johnstone Strait , the Tsitika River and the Kokish River |
7th | Bonanza Range | 150 | Between the Nimpkish River and the Tsitika River |
8th | Sutton Range | 448 | Between the Nimpkish River, the White River, the Oktwanch River and the Gold River |
9 | Newcastle Range | On Johnstone Strait, west of Sayward-Kelsey Bay and northeast of the Adams River | |
10 | Prince of Wales Range | 188 | On the east coast of Vancouver Island about 25 miles north of Campbell River |
11 | Halifax Range | 51 | On Johnstone Street between Amor de Cosmos Creek and Pye Creek |
12 | Beaufort Range | 448 | North of Port Alberni and west of Qualicum Beach |
13 | Pelham Range | 52 | Between the Sarita River and the Alberni Inlet |
14th | Somerset Range | 203 | Between the Pacheena-Sarita River Basin and the Klanawa River |
15th | Seymour Range | 888 | Between Cowichan Lake, the San Juan River and the Gordon River |
16 | Gowlland Range | 58 | Near Victoria , between Saanich Inlet and Brentwood Bay |
17th | Pierce Range | 94 | South of the Gold River , between the Jacklah River and the Burman River |
18th | Haihte Range | 75 | Between the Tashsis River, the Nomash River, the Zeballos Lake and the Woss Lake |
The Elk River Mountains in Strathcoma Provincial Park are also partially listed as part of the Vancouver Island Ranges.
Web links
- Vancouver Island Ranges . In: BC Geographical Names (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Vancouver Island Ranges . In: Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia
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