Victoria Cross Range | |
Highest: | Snaring Mountain |
Elevation M: | 2931 |
Coordinates: | 53.0381°N -118.3306°W |
Coordinates Ref: | [1] |
Listing: | Mountains of Alberta |
Country: | Canada |
Subdivision2 Type: | Province |
Subdivision2: | Alberta |
Parent: | Canadian Rockies |
Area Km2: | 678 |
Length Orientation: | N-S |
Map: | Canada Alberta |
Map Size: | 200 |
Range Coordinates: | 53°N -136°W |
Range Coordinates Ref: | [2] |
The Victoria Cross Ranges (to) are a set of mountain ranges in the Canadian Rockies, located to the northwest of Jasper. Of the 19 peaks contained within this range, five are named after Canadian recipients of the Victoria Cross. The area of the ranges is .[3]
This range includes the following mountains and peaks:
align=left width=120 | Mountain/Peak ! | Elevation (m/ft) | namesake | |
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Named for local Indigenous tribe who used snares to trap small animals | ||||
Morrison Bridgland (not VC recipient) | ||||
Unknown | ||||
Mount Oliver | Frank Oliver | |||
Pyramid Mountain | ||||
George Burdon McKean, VC | ||||
William Antrobus Griesbach (not VC recipient) | ||||
Cecil John Kinross, VC | ||||
Raphael Louis Zengel, VC | ||||
Mount Henry | Henry A.F. MacLeod, CPR engineer[4] | |||
John Chipman Kerr, VC | ||||
John George Pattison, VC |