List of plateaus in British Columbia explained

This is a list of plateau and plateau-like landforms in British Columbia, Canada.

PlateauName official? (Y/N)NTS mapsheetlatitude-longituderegion (or parent plateau/range)approx. sizeavg. elevationmap-linkComments
Adams PlateauY82M/451.05°N -119.55°WShuswapBetween Adams Lake and Shuswap Lake
Alberta PlateauN (rescinded)94I58°N -122°WFort Nelson-Peace
Arctic Lake PlateauY104G/757.3°N -130.7667°WStikine
Big Raven PlateauY104G/1057.7167°N -130.75°WStikine
Bonaparte PlateauY92P/351.15°N -121.2833°WThompson-South Caribooa.k.a. Kamloops Plateau
Cariboo PlateauNCaribooName is unofficial but widely used both today and historically
Cariboo Plateau (Shuswap)Y82L/1550.8167°N 118.8167°WShuswap
Clayoquot PlateauY (park name is official)92F/349.225°N 125.4306°WClayoquot Sound
Coutlee PlateauN (rescinded)92I/250.0667°N 120.9333°WNicola (SW of Merritt
Dease PlateauY104P/1159.5833°N 129.5°WNorthern Interior
Dil-Dil Plateauy92O/351.2167°N 123.1667°WChilcotin (W side of upper Big Creek)
Douglas PlateauY92I/850.2833°N 120.25°WNicola Country (SE of Douglas Lake)
Etsho PlateauY94P/659.25°N 121.5°WFort Nelson-Liard
Forbidden PlateauY92F/1149.6833°N 125.3167°WMid-Vancouver Island
Fraser PlateauY93B/352°N 123°WCentral Interior
Green Timber PlateauY92P/651.25°N 121.5°WSouth Cariboo (W of Chasm, N of Clinton
Interior PlateauY93B/352°N 123°WBC InteriorIncludes Fraser, Thompson, Nechako and McGregor Plateaus
Kawdy PlateauY104O/359.25°N 131.5°WCassiar-Teslin
Kimberley PlateauY82E/249.2°N 118.85°WEast Kootenay
Kitsu PlateauY104G/757.4667°N 130.75°WStikine
Klastline PlateauY104G/1657.95°N 130.0833°WStikine
Kukwaus PlateauY92P/251.25°N 120.75°WBonaparte Plateau (W of Bonaparte Lake
N (rescinded)104J/658.3961°N -131.4017°WNorthern InteriorEncompasses a lava plateau
Liard PlateauY94N/1259.6667°N 125.5°WNorthern Interior
McGregor PlateauY93I/654.3333°N 121°WCentral Interior-RockiesIncludes McGregor Range
Nahlin PlateauY104J/658.45°N 131.4167°WCassiar-Teslin
Nechako PlateauY93L54.5°N 126°WCentral Interior
Nicoamen PlateauY92I/350.2°N 121.2333°WLower Thompson-Cascades
Nicola PlateauY92I/750.3333°N 120.6167°WThompson-Nicola
Nipple PlateauN (rescinded)92H/1349.85°N 121.6333°WLillooet Ranges-Fraser CanyonActually a peak/point at the end of a narrow ridge, once seen from below as a plateau, now named "The Nipple"
Nisutlin PlateauY104N/1659.8333°N 132°WAtlin
Rabbit PlateauY94M/359.1333°N 127.0833°WNorthern Rockies-Liard
Red PlateauN (rescinded)92I/1550.7833°N 120.6°WBonaparte Plateau (immediately N of Kamloops LakeLower southwestern area now designed Copper Desert Country by TNRD
Silwhoiakun PlateauY92I/1550.9833°N 120.55°WSE Bonaparte Plateau
Sitkum PlateauYY82L/850.4167°N 118.25°WEast Kootenay
Skidegate PlateauN (rescinded)103F/753.5°N 132.5°WQueen Charlottes
Snowshoe PlateauY93A/1452.8833°N 121.3833°W
Spatsizi PlateauY104H/1657.8333°N 128.4833°WStikine
Stikine PlateauY104I/558.3833°N 129.8833°WStikine
Taku PlateauY104K/958.7°N 132.5°WTaku-Teslin
Tanzilla PlateauY104J/858.3667°N 130.3667°WStikine-Cassiar
Teslin PlateauY104N/1059.6667°N 132.9167°WTeslin
Thompson PlateauY92I/150.25°N 120.5°WThompson-Okanagan-South Cariboo
Tranquille PlateauY92I/1550.9°N 120.5833°WBonaparte-Kamloops
Trepanege PlateauY92H/1649.85°N 120.1333°WEastern Thompson Plateau, between Merritt and SummerlandCrossed by Okanagan Connector
Yukon PlateauYFar Northern Interior

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