This is a list of plateaus and plateau-like landforms in British Columbia, Canada.
Plateau | Name status | NTS map | Coordinates | Region (or parent plateau/range) | class=unsortable | Notes |
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Adams Plateau[1] | Official | 82M/4 | 51.0497°N -119.5511°W | Shuswap | North of Shuswap Lake between Adams Lake and Scotch Creek | |
Alberta Plateau[2] | Unofficial (rescinded) | 94I | 57.9997°N -122.0014°W | Fort Nelson-Peace | East side of the Rocky Mountain Foothills | |
Arctic Lake Plateau[3] | Official | 104G/7 | 57.2997°N -130.7683°W | Stikine | Northeast of Arctic Lake at the southern end of Mount Edziza Provincial Park | |
Big Raven Plateau[4] | Official | 104G/10 | 57.7164°N -130.7517°W | Stikine | West of Mount Edziza at the northern end of Mount Edziza Provincial Park | |
Bonaparte Plateau[5] | Official | 92P/3 | 51.1497°N -121.2844°W | Thompson-South Cariboo | North of Loon Lake and east of Clinton. Also known as the Kamloops Plateau. | |
Cariboo Plateau[6] | Official | 82L/15 | 50.8164°N -118.8178°W | Shuswap | East of Sicamous and east of Shuswap Lake | |
Clayoquot Plateau[7] | Official (park name is official) | 92F/3 | 49.2247°N -125.4306°W | Clayoquot Sound | West side of the Kennedy River northeast of Tofino Inlet | |
Coutlee Plateau[8] | Unofficial (rescinded) | 92I/2 | 50.0664°N -120.9344°W | Nicola | West of Merritt and southwest of the Coldwater River and Nicola River confluence | |
Dease Plateau[9] | Official | 104P/11 | 59.5831°N -129.5017°W | Northern Interior | From the Deadwood River northwestward to the British Columbia–Yukon border | |
Dil-Dil Plateau[10] | Official | 92O/3 | 51.2164°N -123.1678°W | West side of upper Big Creek in South Chilcotin Provincial Park | ||
Douglas Plateau[11] | Official | 92I/8 | 50.2831°N -120.2511°W | Nicola Country | Northeast of Nicola Lake and northeast of Merritt | |
Etsho Plateau[12] | Official | 94P/6 | 59.2497°N -121.5014°W | Fort Nelson-Liard | Northeast of Fort Nelson | |
Forbidden Plateau[13] | Official | 92F/11 | 49.6831°N -125.3178°W | Mid-Vancouver Island | Northwest of Comox Lake on the east side of Strathcona Provincial Park | |
Fraser Plateau[14] | Official | 93B/3 | 51.9997°N -123.0011°W | Central Interior | East of the Coast Mountains from the Bonaparte River northwestward to the Dean and West Road rivers | |
Green Timber Plateau[15] | Official | 92P/6 | 51.2497°N -121.5011°W | South Cariboo | Southwest of Green Lake | |
Interior Plateau[16] | Official | 93B/3 | 51.9997°N -123.0011°W | BC Interior | Between the Rocky Mountain Trench, Columbia Mountains and Coast Mountains. Includes the Fraser, Thompson, Nechako and McGregor plateaus. | |
Kawdy Plateau[17] | Official | 104O/3 | 59.2497°N -131.5019°W | Cassiar-Teslin | Between Nahlin and Tuya rivers | |
Kimberley Plateau[18] | Official | 82E/2 | 49.1997°N -118.8511°W | East Kootenay | Between the Kettle and Granby rivers north of Greenwood | |
Kitsu Plateau[19] | Official | 104G/7 | 57.4664°N -130.7517°W | Stikine | East of Mess Lake in Mount Edziza Provincial Park | |
Klastline Plateau[20] | Official | 104G/16 | 57.9497°N -130.085°W | Stikine | From the Stikine River to the Iskut River between Mess Creek and the Klappan River | |
Kukwaus Plateau[21] | Official | 92P/2 | 51.2497°N -120.7511°W | Bonaparte Plateau | Southeast of Bonaparte Lake | |
Level Mountain[22] | Unofficial | 104J/6 | 58.3958°N -131.4017°W | Nahlin Plateau | Southwest of Callison Ranch and west of Dease Lake. Includes a roughly 1800adj=midNaNadj=mid, steep-sided volcanic plateau.[23] | |
Liard Plateau[24] | Official | 94N/12 | 59.6664°N -125.5017°W | Northern Interior | Bounded by the Liard and Smith rivers; extends into Yukon | |
McGregor Plateau[25] | Official | 93I/6 | 54.3331°N -121.0011°W | Central Interior-Rockies | Northwest of the Torpy River and Fraser River confluence | |
Nahlin Plateau[26] | Official | 104J/6 | 58.4497°N -131.4183°W | Cassiar-Teslin | Northeast of Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Provincial Park between the Sheslay and Tuya rivers | |
Nechako Plateau[27] | Official | 93L | 54.4997°N -126.0014°W | Central Interior | Extends from 53rd parallel north to the Nation River | |
Nicoamen Plateau[28] | Official | 92I/3 | 50.1997°N -121.2344°W | Lower Thompson-Cascades | South of the Nicola River and Thompson River confluence | |
Nicola Plateau[29] | Official | 92I/7 | 50.3331°N -120.6178°W | Thompson-Nicola | West of Stump Lake, north of Nicola Lake and east of Guichon Creek | |
Nipple Plateau[30] | Unofficial (rescinded) | 92H/13 | 49.8497°N -121.6344°W | Lillooet Ranges-Fraser Canyon | Actually a peak/point at the end of a narrow ridge, once seen from below as a plateau, now named "The Nipple" | |
Nisutlin Plateau[31] | Official | 104N/16 | 59.8331°N -132.0019°W | Atlin | From Teslin Lake to the Cassiar Mountains, between the Jennings River and the British Columbia–Yukon border | |
Rabbit Plateau[32] | Official | 94M/3 | 59.1331°N -127.085°W | Northern Rockies-Liard | Southeast of the Liard Plain | |
Red Plateau[33] | Unofficial (rescinded) | 92I/15 | 50.7831°N -120.6011°W | Bonaparte Plateau | North of the Kamloops Lake and south of the Tranquille River | |
Silwhoiakun Plateau[34] | Official | 92I/15 | 50.9831°N -120.5511°W | Bonaparte Plateau | Northeast of Porcupine Ridge | |
Sitkum Plateau[35] | Official | Y82L/8 | 50.4053°N -118.2583°W | East Kootenay | East of Sugar Lake and south of Monashee Provincial Park | |
Skidegate Plateau[36] | Unofficial (rescinded) | 103F/7 | 53.4994°N -132.5017°W | Haida Gwaii | Graham Island | |
Snowshoe Plateau[37] | Official | 93A/14 | 52.8831°N -121.3844°W | North of Cariboo Lake | ||
Spatsizi Plateau[38] | Official | 104H/16 | 57.8331°N -128.485°W | Stikine | East of the Klappan River at the headwaters of the Stikine River | |
Stikine Plateau[39] | Official | 104I/5 | 58.3831°N -129.885°W | Stikine | From the Nakina and Jennings rivers to the Skeena Mountains, between the Cassiar and Coast mountains | |
Taku Plateau[40] | Official | 104K/9 | 58.6997°N -132.5019°W | Taku-Teslin | Between Sloko Lake and the Kawdy Plateau | |
Tanzilla Plateau[41] | Official | 104J/8 | 58.3664°N -130.3683°W | Stikine-Cassiar | Between Dease Lake and the Tuya and Stikine rivers | |
Teslin Plateau[42] | Official | 104N/10 | 59.6664°N -132.9186°W | Teslin | North of the Nakina River between Atlin Lake and Teslin Lake | |
Thompson Plateau[43] | Official | 92I/1 | 50.2497°N -120.5011°W | Thompson-Okanagan-South Cariboo | Between the Cascade Mountains and the Shuswap and Okanagan highlands | |
Tranquille Plateau[44] | Official | 92I/15 | 50.8997°N -120.5844°W | Bonaparte-Kamloops | South of Porcupine Ridge and north of Kamloops Lake | |
Trepanege Plateau[45] | Official | 92H/16 | 49.8497°N -120.1344°W | Thompson Plateau | West of the district municipality of Peachland | |
Yukon Plateau[46] | Unofficial | 104N/11 | 59.6664°N -133.0853°W | Far Northern Interior | From the Nakina River to the British Columbia–Yukon border, between Tagish Lake and the Cassiar Mountains. Name is unofficial in British Columbia but official in Yukon.[47] |