Blue Range

{{short description|Subrange of the Park Ranges in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada}}

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| name=Blue Range

| photo = Mount Byng from Wonder Pass.jpg

| photo_caption = Mount Byng from Wonder Pass

| parent=Canadian Rockies

| border=

| highest=Mount Alcantara

| elevation_m=3029

| elevation_ref={{cite bivouac|id=1470|name=Mount Alcantara|access-date=2024-11-01}}

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| coordinates_ref = {{cite cgndb|id= JABLV |name= Mount Alcantara |access-date=2024-11-01}}

| listing = Mountains of British Columbia

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| area_km2 = 193| area_ref = {{cite peakbagger|rid=141323|name=Blue Range|access-date=2019-11-03}}

| country=Canada

| region_type=Provinces | region = {{hlist|Alberta|British Columbia}}

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| map_caption=Location in Alberta##Location in British Columbia##Location in Canada

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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.{{cite book|title=Place-names of Alberta|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070267029;view=1up;seq=26|year=1928|publisher=Geographic Board of Canada|location=Ottawa|page=22|access-date=2024-11-01}} Mount Alcantara is the highest point in the range.{{cite peakbagger|52475|Mount Alcantara, British Columbia|access-date=2022-12-10}}

List of mountains

This range includes the following mountains and peaks:

{{#invoke:Mountains Prism|list|m|rank,prom,fa,tcoords

|3029^Mount Alcantara^Moderate scramble on SW face

|2940^Mount Byng^

|2891^Red Man Mountain^

|2806^Mount Turner^

|2790^Aurora Mountain^

|2770^Mount Currie^

|2765^Mount Morrison^

|2650^Marvel Peak^

}}

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References

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{{Canadian Rockies|state=collapsed}}

Category:Mountains of Banff National Park

Category:Kootenay Land District

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