Stikine Ranges
{{Short description|Group of mountain ranges and mountainous plateaus in British Columbia, Canada}}
The Stikine Ranges are a group of mountain ranges and mountainous plateaus in northwestern British Columbia, Canada. They are the northernmost subdivision of the Cassiar Mountains{{BCGNIS|35896|Stikine Ranges}}[http://www.empr.gov.bc.ca/Mining/Geoscience/PublicationsCatalogue/BulletinInformation/BulletinsAfter1940/Documents/Bull48-txt.pdf S. Holland, Landforms of British Columbia, Province of British Columbia (1976). p. 61] and among the least explored and most undeveloped parts of the province.
The Sifton Ranges, which are also part of the Cassiar Mountains, lie immediately east of the Stikine Ranges just north of the Finlay River; northwest of there the larger Kechika Ranges lie between the Stikine Ranges and the Rocky Mountain Trench. The Stikine Plateau lies to the west of the Stikine Ranges.[http://www.empr.gov.bc.ca/Mining/Geoscience/PublicationsCatalogue/BulletinInformation/BulletinsAfter1940/Documents/Bull48-physiographic-map.pdf S. Holland, Landforms of British Columbia, Province of British Columbia (1976). p. 61]
Extent
The ranges run on a NW-SE axis from the Yukon boundary, adjacent to the Nisutlin Plateau at c. {{coord|60|00|00|N|131|45|00|W}}, to the Finlay River at c. {{coord|57|40|N|126|30|W}}.[http://www.empr.gov.bc.ca/Mining/Geoscience/PublicationsCatalogue/BulletinInformation/BulletinsAfter1940/Documents/Bull48-physiographic-map.pdf S. Holland, Landforms of British Columbia, Map appendix, Province of British Columbia (1976)]
Sub-ranges
- Beady Range
- Nisutlin Plateau*
- Skree Range
- Three Sisters Range
- Thudaka Range
- Tuya Range
- Holland's map shows the Nisutlin Plateau as part of the Yukon Plateau, though in the text describes it as part of the Stikine Ranges.
References
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Category:Cassiar Land District
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