Skeena Mountains

Skeena Mountains
The Skeenas
Location map of the Skeena Mountains
Highest point
Peak	Shedin Peak
Elevation	2,588 m (8,491 ft)
Coordinates	55°56′21.1″N 127°28′48.0″W / 55.939194°N 127.480000°W / 55.939194; -127.480000Coordinates: 55°56′21.1″N 127°28′48.0″W / 55.939194°N 127.480000°W / 55.939194; -127.480000
Dimensions
Area	32,846 km2 (12,682 sq mi)
Geography
Country	Canada
State/Province	British Columbia
Parent range	Interior Mountains

The Skeena Mountains, also known as the Skeenas, are a subrange of the Interior Mountains of northern British Columbia, Canada, essentially flanking the upper basin of the Skeena River. They lie just inland from the southern end of the Boundary Ranges of the Coast Mountains, and also of the northern end of the Kitimat Ranges (another subrange of the Coast Mountains). Their southern limit is described by the Bulkley River (a major tributary of the Skeena; its valley and that of the lower Skeena River are used by BC Highway 16) and the upper northwestern reaches of Babine and Takla Lakes, and on their northeast by the upper reaches of the Omineca River.

To the north the Skeenas abut the southern Tahltan Highland and Klastline Plateau, part of the southern reaches of the Stikine Plateau and the Spatsizi Plateau, another subplateau of the Stikine Plateau, which includes the uppermost part of the course of the Stikine River. To the northwest, across the narrow confines of the Spatsizi Plateau, are the Stikine Ranges of the Cassiar Mountains, while to the east of the Skeenas are the Omineca Mountains, while their southward counterparts are the Hazelton Mountains, all part of the Interior Mountains. Physiographically, they are a section of the larger Yukon-Tanana Uplands province, which in turn are part of the larger Interior System physiographic division (known in Wikipedia by its American name, the Intermontane Plateaus).

Sub-ranges and mountains

• Atna Range, bounded by Shedin Creek, Shelagyote Creek, and Babine River.^[1]
  • Shedin Peak, highest summit of the Atna Range, 2,588 m (8,491 ft).
• Babine Range, between Babine Lake, Babine River, Bulkey River and Skeena River.^[2]
  • Mount Thomlinson
  • Sidina Mountain
  • Mount Thoen
  • Nine Mile Mountain
  • Netalzul Mountain
  • Mount Seaton
  • Mount Cronin
• Bait Range, on the west side of northern Takla Lake.^[3]
  • Bait Peak, highest summit of the Bait Range, 2,286 m (7,500 ft).
  • Mount Lovel
  • Mount Teegee
  • Frypan Peak
  • Trail Peak
• Driftwood Range, between the headwaters of Driftwood River and Nilkitkwa River.^[4]
  • Driftwood Peak, highest summit of the Driftwood Range, 2,027 m (6,650 ft).
  • Skutsil Knob
• Klappan Range, between the Klappan River and Iskut River.^[5]
  • Maitland Volcano
  • Todagin Mountain
  • Tsatia Mountain
• Oweegee Range, on the east side of Bell-Irving River.^[6]
  • Mount Skowill
  • Delta Peak
  • Mount Klayduc
• Sicintine Range, south of the Skeena River between Sicintine River and Squingula River.^[7]
  • Shelagyote Peak, highest summit of the Sicintine Range, 2,472 m (8,110 ft).
  • Nilkitkwa Peak
  • Mount Horetzky
• Slamgeesh Range, between the Skeena River and Slamgeesh River.^[8]
  • Notchtop Peak
  • Stephen Peak
  • Foster Peak
• Strata Range, between the Bell-Irving River, Taylor River, Taft Creek and Nass River.^[9]
• Takla Range, bounded by Takla Lake and Northwest Arm.^[10]
  • Boling Peak
  • Base Peak
  • Spike Peak

See also

• Sacred Headwaters

Notes

References

• "Skeena Mountains". BC Geographical Names. 
• S. Holland, Landforms of British Columbia, BC Government, 1976

Interior Mountains
Ranges	Atna Atsutla Axelgold Babine Bait Beady Bornite Bulkley Butler Cariboo Heart Cassiar Chikamin Connelly Cormier Driftwood Eaglenest Espee Finlay Fishing Germansen Hazelton Heart Hogem Horseranch Howson Ingenika Kasalka Kechika Kispiox Klappan Lay Level Mountain McConnell Metsantan Mitchell Morice Nass O.K. Omineca Osilinka Oweegee Pattullo Rocher Déboulé Ruby Russel Samuel Black Sibola Sicintine Sifton Sikanni Sitlika Skeena Skree Slamgeesh Spectrum Stikine Strata Swannell Tahtsa Takla Tatlatui Telkwa Tenakihi Three Sisters Thudaka Tochquonyalla Tucha Tuya Vital Whitesail Wolverine Wrede
Mountains	Ash Cache Camp Caribou Cartoona Castle Rock Chikoida Cronin Dark Edziza Eve Exile Gabrielse Grizzly Gunanoot Howson Ice Icefall Isspah Kana Kawdy Keda Klastline Level Maitland Mathews Meehaz Meszah Moraine Nahlin Nahta Nanook Nuthinaw Outcast Perseus Pharaoh Pillow Ridge Sezill Shedin Shelagyote Sidas Sleet Source South Spatsizi Spectrum Sphinx Storm Tadeda Tadekho Tennena Thomlinson Thudaka Toozaza Triangle Triplex Tseax Tsekone Tutsingale Tuya Twin Volcano West Wetalth Williams Yeda
Parks	Atlin Babine Lake Marine Babine Mountains Babine River Corridor Bear Glacier Boya Lake Bulkley Junction Call Lake Chase Denetiah Driftwood Canyon Dune Za Keyih Ed Bird-Estella Finlay-Russel Iskut River Hot Springs Kinaskan Lake Little Andrews Bay Marine Meziadin Lake Mount Blanchet Mount Edziza Nation Lakes Netalzul Meadows Nilkitkwa Lake Ningunsaw Nisga'a Memorial Lava Bed Rainbow Alley Ross Lake Rubyrock Lake Seeley Lake Seven Sisters Spatsizi Headwaters Spatsizi Plateau Sustut Swan Lake/Kispiox River Tatlatui Todagin South Slope Tuya Mountains Tweedsmuir North Tweedsmuir South Tyhee Lake Wistaria
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