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The Coast Mountains are approximately 1600 km long and average 200 km in width. Its southern and southeastern boundaries are described by the Fraser River and the Interior Plateau . North of the Nechako Diversion, the Coast Mountains are flanked on the inland side by the Hazelton Mountains , the Skeena Mountains , the Stikine Plateau and the Tahltan and Tagish Highlands. Its far northwestern edge is delimited by the Kelsall River at the north end of the Alaska Panhandle , beyond which are the Saint Elias Mountains. The range Covered in dense Temperate Rainforest on its western exposures, the range rises to heavily Glaciated peaks, including the largest temperature-latitude icefields in the woirld, and then tapers to the dry interior plateau on is eastern flanks, or to the subarctic boreal forest of the Skeena Mountains and Stikine Plateau. Mount Waddington , at 4,019 metres or 13,186 feet, is the highest peak in the Coast Mountains and also the highest peak entirely within British Columbia There are several subdivisions of the Coast Mountains. These include:
There are innumerable smaller named ranges, and informal names for many groupings, within these subdivisions. Some neighbouring ranges can be found in Interior Plateau and the Hazelton Mountains section of the Skeena Mountains (which are not part of the Coast Mountains but just inland). EXTERNAL LINKS |
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