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Flathead Range (Canada)

Coordinates: 49°26′59″N 114°35′59″W / 49.44972°N 114.59972°W / 49.44972; -114.59972
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Flathead Range
Flathead Range in the Crowsnest Pass area.
Left to rightː Mount Coulthard, Andy Good Peak, Mount Parrish, Chinook Peak.
Highest point
PeakMount Ptolemy
Elevation2,815 m (9,236 ft)[1]
Coordinates49°32′56″N 114°37′52″W / 49.54889°N 114.63111°W / 49.54889; -114.63111[2]
Geography
Flathead Range is located in Alberta
Flathead Range
Flathead Range
Location of Flathead Range
Flathead Range is located in Canada
Flathead Range
Flathead Range
Flathead Range (Canada)
CountryCanada
ProvincesAlberta and British Columbia
Range coordinates49°26′59″N 114°35′59″W / 49.44972°N 114.59972°W / 49.44972; -114.59972[3]
Parent rangeCrowsnest Range
Borders onCastle Wildland Provincial Park
Geology
OrogenyLewis Overthrust

The Flathead Range is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. It is located on the Continental Divide, east of Fernie, in the Kootenay Land District.[4] It stretches 27 km (17 mi) lengthwise north–south from Crowsnest Pass to North Kootenay Pass. The range's toponym was officially adopted on 30 June 1912 by the Geographic Board of Canada, and was named in association with the Flathead River.[3]

The highest peak is Mount Ptolemy, with an elevation of 2,815 m (9,236 ft).[5]

Summits

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Peak Elevation Prominence Coordinates
m ft m ft
Andy Good Peak 2,662 8,734 262 860 49°33′55″N 114°35′17″W / 49.56528°N 114.58806°W / 49.56528; -114.58806
Centre Mountain 2,601 8,533 310 1,020 49°24′46″N 114°36′27″W / 49.41278°N 114.60750°W / 49.41278; -114.60750
Chinook Peak 2,591 8,501 246 807 49°35′8″N 114°36′36″W / 49.58556°N 114.61000°W / 49.58556; -114.61000
Mount Coulthard 2,645 8,678 255 837 49°33′26″N 114°34′22″W / 49.55722°N 114.57278°W / 49.55722; -114.57278
Mount Darrah 2,755 9,039 428 1,404 49°28′22″N 114°35′37″W / 49.47278°N 114.59361°W / 49.47278; -114.59361
Mount McGladrey 2,638 8,655 198 650 49°30′36″N 114°35′14″W / 49.51000°N 114.58722°W / 49.51000; -114.58722
Mount McLaren 2,301 7,549 220 720 49°34′59″N 114°34′5″W / 49.58306°N 114.56806°W / 49.58306; -114.56806
Mount Parrish 2,530 8,300 161 528 49°34′30″N 114°35′17″W / 49.57500°N 114.58806°W / 49.57500; -114.58806
Mount Pengelly 2,586 8,484 226 741 49°30′6″N 114°35′46″W / 49.50167°N 114.59611°W / 49.50167; -114.59611
Mount Ptolemy 2,815 9,236 885 2,904 49°32′56″N 114°37′52″W / 49.54889°N 114.63111°W / 49.54889; -114.63111
Sentry Mountain 2,435 7,989 205 673 49°36′41″N 114°38′18″W / 49.61139°N 114.63833°W / 49.61139; -114.63833

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Topographic map of Mount Ptolemy". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
  2. ^ "Mount Ptolemy". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
  3. ^ a b "Flathead Range". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
  4. ^ "Flathead Range". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
  5. ^ "Flathead Range". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
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