Queen Charlotte Mountains Explained

Queen Charlotte Mountains
Photo Size:260px
Country:Canada
Region Type:Province
Region:British Columbia
Parent:Insular Mountains
Highest:Mount Moresby
Elevation M:1164
Coordinates:53.0192°N -132.0856°W
Map:Canada British Columbia
Relief:yes

The Queen Charlotte Mountains are a mountain range comprising all mountains and small mountain ranges of Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada. It is the northernmost subrange of the Insular Mountains.[1] They are subdivided into the Queen Charlotte Ranges, which comprise a small part of southwestern Graham Island and most of Moresby Island, and the Skidegate Plateau, which runs NW-SE on central Graham Island and includes the northeastern tip of Moresby Island. To the plateau's northeast is the Queen Charlotte Lowland, which is part of the Hecate Depression and includes the Argonaut Plain.[2]

Mount Moresby is the highest mountain associated with the Queen Charlotte Mountains, at 11640NaN0.[3]

Sub-ranges

On the western side of Graham Island

On north-central Graham Island

On the south coast of Graham Island

On the western side of Moresby Island

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.bivouac.com/ArxPg.asp?ArxId=1696 Queen Charlotte Mountains
  2. Web site: British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Bulletin 48: Landforms of British Columbia, A Physiographic Outline, S.S. Holland 1964 (revised 1976) . 2009-10-20 . 2010-01-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100116170553/http://www.empr.gov.bc.ca/Mining/Geoscience/PublicationsCatalogue/BulletinInformation/BulletinsAfter1940/Pages/Bulletin48.aspx . dead .
  3. http://www.bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=5166 Mount Moresby