Palliser Range Explained

Palliser Range
Highest:Mount Aylmer
Elevation M:3162
Elevation Ref:[1]
Parent:Canadian Rockies
Listing:Mountains of Alberta
Border:Bare Range
Location:Banff National Park
Alberta, Canada
Map:Canada Alberta#Canada
Map Size:250
Label Position:right
Range Coordinates:51.3833°N -149°W
Range Coordinates Ref:[2]

The Palliser Range is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies that lies in the extreme southeast corner of Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.

The Palliser Range is part of the East Banff Ranges of the Central Front Canadian Rockies.[3]

Lake Minnewanka marks the southern boundary of the range while the Bare Range marks the northern boundary. Its eastern reaches are marked by the Blackrock Mountain of the Ghost River Area. The range was named by the Palliser expedition as it appears on one of the maps produced by the expedition. The range gives the name to the Palliser Formation, a stratigraphical unit prominently featured in the mountains of this range.

This range includes the following mountains and peaks:

Mountain/Peak Elevation
31620NaN0
31200NaN0
30650NaN0
Apparition Mountain30020NaN0
28690NaN0

See also

Notes and References

  1. 68 . Mount Aylmer . 2019-09-18.
  2. IAPXF. Palliser Range. 2019-09-18.
  3. 141291. Palliser Range. 2019-09-18.