Queen Elizabeth Ranges
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Queen Elizabeth Ranges | |
Range | |
Country | Canada |
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Province | Alberta |
Part of | Canadian Rockies |
Highest point | Mount Unwin |
- elevation | 3,268 m (10,722 ft) |
The Queen Elizabeth Ranges is a group of mountain ranges in the Canadian Rockies on the southeastern side of Jasper National Park, Canada. The northern end of the ranges begins east of Medicine Lake and extends in a southeasterly direction past the southern shore of Maligne Lake.
The group was named in 1953 to celebrate the coronation of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.[1]
These ranges include the following mountains and peaks:
Mountain/Peak | metres | feet |
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Mount Unwin | 3,268 | 10,722 |
Mount Charlton | 3,217 | 10,555 |
Mount Mary Vaux | 3,201 | 10,502 |
Coronet Mountain | 3,152 | 10,342 |
Llysfran Peak | 3,141 | 10,306 |
Mount Moffat | 3,090 | 10,138 |
Samson Peak | 3,081 | 10,109 |
Mount Paul | 2,805 | 9,203 |
Leah Peak | 2,801 | 9,190 |
Opal Peak | 2,800 | 9,187 |
Mount Julian | 2,760 | 9,056 |
Helmet Mountain | 2,612 | 8,570 |
[edit] References
- ^ Queen Elizabeth Ranges on Peakfinder