Colin Range | |
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Highest point | |
Peak | Sirdar Mountain |
Elevation | 2,804 m (9,199 ft) [1] |
Listing | Mountains of Alberta |
Coordinates | 52°55′36″N117°48′42″W / 52.92667°N 117.81167°W [2] |
Geography | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Alberta |
Range coordinates | 52°58′N117°57′W / 52.967°N 117.950°W [3] |
Parent range | Canadian Rockies |
Topo map | NTS 83C13 Medicine Lake [3] |
The Colin Range is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies located directly northeast of the Jasper townsite in Jasper National Park, Canada.
This range includes the following mountains:
Name | Elevation | Prominence | Coordinates | ||
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m | ft | m | ft | ||
Sirdar Mountain | 2,804 | 9,199 | 1,274 | 4,180 | 52°55′36″N117°48′42″W / 52.92667°N 117.81167°W |
Mount Colin | 2,687 | 8,816 | 307 | 1,007 | 53°0′6″N117°59′17″W / 53.00167°N 117.98806°W |
Mount Dromore | 2,660 | 8,730 | 360 | 1,180 | 52°56′18″N117°52′53″W / 52.93833°N 117.88139°W |
Grisette Mountain | 2,620 | 8,600 | 240 | 790 | 52°56′44″N117°55′48″W / 52.94556°N 117.93000°W |
Colin Ridge [4] | 2,563 | 8,409 | |||
Hawk Mountain | 2,553 | 8,376 | 343 | 1,125 | 53°0′52″N118°1′5″W / 53.01444°N 118.01806°W |
Roche Bonhomme | 2,495 | 8,186 | 160 | 520 | 52°56′41″N117°56′36″W / 52.94472°N 117.94333°W |
Morro Peak | 1,676 | 5,499 | 109 | 358 | 53°2′0″N118°4′4″W / 53.03333°N 118.06778°W |
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