Nikanassin Range | |
Country: | Canada |
Region Type: | Province |
Region: | Alberta |
Parent: | Canadian Rockies |
Highest: | Blackface Mountain |
Elevation M: | 2867 |
Listing: | Mountains of Alberta |
Coordinates: | 52.8994°N -117.41°W |
Coordinates Ref: | [1] |
Range Coordinates: | 53.0667°N -151°W |
Range Coordinates Ref: | [2] |
Area Km2: | 2760 |
Length Km: | 80 |
Length Orientation: | W-E |
Width Km: | 66 |
Width Orientation: | N-S |
Map: | Canada Alberta |
The Nikanassin Range is a group of mountain ranges in the Canadian Rockies on the eastern edge of Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. It is developed south-east of the Fiddle Range, and one of the front ranges. Nikanassin means "first range" in Cree.
The range has an extent of 2760km2,[3] with a length of 80km (50miles) from north-west to south-east, and a width of 66km (41miles). Its highest point is Blackface Mountain, with a height of 2867m (9,406feet).
Numerous seams of coal are found in this range, with past and present mines at Cadomin, Mountain Park and Luscar.[4]
The range gives the name to the Nikanassin Formation, a stratigraphical unit of late Jurassic age that has its stratotype in this region.
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