High Rock Range facts for kids
Quick facts for kids High Rock Range |
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Mount Rae from the north, Sept. 2006
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Highest point | |
Peak | Mount Rae |
Elevation | 3,218 m (10,558 ft) |
Dimensions | |
Length | 117 km (73 mi) N-S |
Width | 37 km (23 mi) E-W |
Area | 2,172 km2 (839 sq mi) |
Geography | |
Country | Canada |
Parent range | Canadian Rockies |
High Rock Range is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies in southwestern Alberta and southeastern British Columbia, Canada.
It is a part of the Southern Continental Ranges and is located on the Continental Divide, north of the Crowsnest Pass and south of the Highwood Pass. It lies partly within Kananaskis Country.
Misty Range and Greenhills Range are subdivisions of the High Rock.
The High Rock Range covers a surface of 2,172 km2 (838 mi2), has a length of 117 km (73 mi) (from north to south) and a width of 37 km (23 mi).
Peaks and mountains
- Mount Rae - 3,218 m (10,558 ft)
- Mist Mountain - 3,140 m (10,302 ft)
- Tornado Mountain - 3,099 m (10,167 ft)
- Courcelette Peak - 3,044 m (9,987 ft)
- Mount Lyall - 2,951 m (9,682 ft)
- Beehive Mountain - 2,895 m (9,498 ft)
- Mount Armstrong - 2,793 m (9,163 ft)
- Crowsnest Mountain - 2785 m (9137 ft)
- Mount Muir - 2,758 m (9,049 ft)
- Allison Peak - 2,646 m (8,681 ft)
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