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Northwest Coast Islands

Range Type	Archipelago
Highest Point	Golden Hinde (2197 m/7208 ft)
Countries	Canada (61%), United States (39%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
States/Provinces	British Columbia (62%), Alaska (39%), Washington (1%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	91,929 sq km / 35,494 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	1,180 km / 733 mi North-South 946 km / 588 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	49° 36' N; 125° 51' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Northwest Coast Islands
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Northwest Coast Islands.

Pacific Ranges	Level 2 (Parent)
Northwest Coast Islands	Level 3
Alexander Archipelago	Level 4 (Child)
Queen Charlotte Islands	Level 4 (Child)
North B.C. Coast Islands	Level 4 (Child)
Vancouver Island	Level 4 (Child)
Inside Passage Islands	Level 4 (Child)
Coast Mountains	Level 3 (Sibling)
Northwest U.S. Coast Ranges	Level 3 (Sibling)
Central and Southern California Ranges	Level 3 (Sibling)
Baja California	Level 3 (Sibling)
Cascade Range	Level 3 (Sibling)
Sierra Nevada	Level 3 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Northwest Coast Islands

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range4
1.	Golden Hinde	2197	7208	Vancouver Island
2.	Elkhorn Mountain	2194	7198	Vancouver Island
3.	Victoria Peak	2159	7083	Vancouver Island
4.	Mount Colonel Foster	2134	7001	Vancouver Island
5.	Mount Albert Edward	2093	6867	Vancouver Island
6.	Rambler Peak	2092	6864	Vancouver Island
7.	Mount McBride	2083	6834	Vancouver Island
8.	Kings Peak	2061	6762	Vancouver Island
9.	Rees Ridge	2045	6709	Vancouver Island
10.	Mount Filberg	2035	6677	Vancouver Island
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range4
1.	Golden Hinde	2197	7208	Vancouver Island
2.	Farquhar Peak	1679	5509	North B.C. Coast Islands
3.	Baranof Island High Point	1643	5390	Alexander Archipelago
4.	Mount Addenbroke	1591	5220	Inside Passage Islands
5.	Mount Moresby	1164	3819	Queen Charlotte Islands

Photos of Peaks in the Northwest Coast Islands

Golden Hinde The south side of Golden Hinde. We turned back on this one after failing to find the route (2005-08-02). Photo by Richard Carey. Click here for larger-size photo.	Victoria Peak The red line shows the correct ramp/ledge to use on the south face route on Mount Victoria--dashed line is the "hidden gully". Avoid the ledge marked "X" (2018-08-24). Click here for larger-size photo.
Mount Albert Edward Approaching Mt. Albert Edward (2015-08-23). Photo by Grant Myers. Click here for larger-size photo.	Mount Sutton Mount Sutton seen from Harrison Lake. (2022-08-18). Photo by Adam Walker. Click here for larger-size photo.
Rugged Mountain The WFH route, which is commonly used in summer to avoid the glacier bergschrund, crosses this upper west face on narrow ledges. (2022-08-19). Photo by Adam Walker. Click here for larger-size photo.	Hkusam Mountain Mt. H'kusam summit portion, viewed from the high pass. It is necessary to drop down into the valley and then hike up the drainage in order to climb the summit block. Photo by Jan Triska. Click here for larger-size photo.
Baranof Island High Point Baranof Island High Point as seen from the summit of Peak 3,750 on an unsuccessful attempt (2014-05-18). Photo by James Barlow. Click here for larger-size photo.	Mount Cokely Terrain in the summit section of Mount Cokely. Note the tracks across the snowfield - it was a heavy snow cover in the 2011 season.- Views towards Georgia Strait, Beaufort Mountains and Denman and Hornby Islands (2011-06-15). Photo by Jan Triska. Click here for larger-size photo.
Kootznoowoo Peak The NW aspect of Kootznoowoo Peak the highest point of Admiralty Island (2013-08-11). Photo by Ben Still. Click here for larger-size photo.	Castle Mountain Black Bear Lake, with (from left) The Monolith, Pin Peak, Pin Cushion Peak, Harris col. and the flank of Neversummer Peak (2020-10-16). Photo by Tim Seaman. Click here for larger-size photo.

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