Bow Range

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Bow Range
Range
none Mount Temple
Mount Temple
Country Canada
Provinces British Columbia, Alberta
Part of Canadian Rockies
(Southern Continental Ranges)
Highest point Mount Temple
 - elevation 3,543 m (11,624 ft)
 - coordinates 51°20′10″N 116°12′20″W / 51.33611, -116.20556
Length 34 km (21 mi), N-S
Width 43 km (27 mi)
Area 717 km² (277 sq mi)

Bow Range is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada.

It is a part of the Banff-Lake Louise Core Area of the Southern Continental Ranges, located on the Continental Divide, west of the Bow River valley, in Banff National Park and Kootenay National Park.

The Bow Range covers a surface of 717 km² (277 mi²), has a length of 34 km (from north to south) and a width of 43 km.[1] The highest peak is Mount Temple, with an elevation of 3,543 metres (11,624 ft).

[edit] Peaks and mountains

  1. Mount Temple - 3,543 m (11,624 ft)
  2. Hungabee Mountain - 3,490 m (11,450 ft)
  3. Mount Victoria - 3,467 m (11,375 ft)
  4. Mount Lefroy - 3,442 m (11,293 ft)
  5. Deltaform Mountain - 3,426 m (11,240 ft)
  6. Mount Huber - 3,348 m (10,984 ft)
  7. Mount Babel - 3,103 m (10,180 ft)
  8. Mount Owen - 3,083 m (10,115 ft)
  9. Mount Whyte - 2,990 m (9,810 ft)
  10. Mount Bell - 2,932 m (9,619 ft)

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Peakbagger - Bow Range

Coordinates: 51°19′N 116°15′W / 51.317, -116.25

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