Blue Range

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Blue Range
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Mount Byng from Wonder Pass
Highest point
Peak Mount Alcantara
Elevation 3,029 m (9,938 ft) [1]
Listing Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates 50°49′43″N115°31′33″W / 50.82861°N 115.52583°W / 50.82861; -115.52583 [2]
Dimensions
Area193 km2 (75 sq mi) [3]
Geography
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Blue Range
Location in Alberta
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Blue Range
Location in British Columbia
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Blue Range
Location in Canada
Country Canada
Provinces
Range coordinates 50°48′11″N115°32′06″W / 50.80306°N 115.53500°W / 50.80306; -115.53500 [4]
Parent range Canadian Rockies
Topo map NTS 82J13 Mount Assiniboine [4]

The Blue Range is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies, located on the Continental Divide in Banff National Park, Canada. The range was so named on account of its blueish colour when viewed from afar. [5] Mount Alcantara is the highest point in the range. [6]

List of mountains

This range includes the following mountains and peaks:

NameElevation (m/ft)Coordinates
Mount Alcantara 3,0299,938 50°48′4″N115°36′29″W / 50.80111°N 115.60806°W / 50.80111; -115.60806
Mount Byng 2,9659,728 50°49′43″N115°31′33″W / 50.82861°N 115.52583°W / 50.82861; -115.52583
Red Man Mountain 2,9059,531 50°47′18″N115°31′59″W / 50.78833°N 115.53306°W / 50.78833; -115.53306
Mount Turner 2,8069,206 50°51′16″N115°28′39″W / 50.85444°N 115.47750°W / 50.85444; -115.47750
Aurora Mountain 2,7899,150 50°49′30″N115°32′35″W / 50.82500°N 115.54306°W / 50.82500; -115.54306
Mount Currie 2,7709,090 50°48′12″N115°29′32″W / 50.80333°N 115.49222°W / 50.80333; -115.49222
Mount Morrison 2,7659,072 50°50′16″N115°28′45″W / 50.83778°N 115.47917°W / 50.83778; -115.47917
Marvel Peak 2,7088,885 50°51′35″N115°33′5″W / 50.85972°N 115.55139°W / 50.85972; -115.55139

Notes

  1. "Mount Alcantara". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2024-11-01.
  2. "Mount Alcantara". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2024-11-01.
  3. "Blue Range". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  4. 1 2 "Blue Range (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  5. Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 22. Retrieved 2024-11-01.
  6. "Mount Alcantara, British Columbia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2022-12-10.


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