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Vancouver Island

Range Type	Island
Highest Point	Golden Hinde (2197 m/7208 ft)
Countries	Canada
States/Provinces	British Columbia
Area	32,569 sq km / 12,575 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	330 km / 205 mi North-South 452 km / 281 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	49° 36' N; 125° 51' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Vancouver Island
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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 Vancouver Island.

Northwest Coast Islands	Level 3 (Parent)
Alexander Archipelago	Level 4 (Sibling)
Queen Charlotte Islands	Level 4 (Sibling)
North B.C. Coast Islands	Level 4 (Sibling)
Vancouver Island	Level 4
Inside Passage Islands	Level 4 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Vancouver Island

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range5
1.	Golden Hinde	2197	7208
2.	Elkhorn Mountain	2194	7198
3.	Victoria Peak	2159	7083
4.	Mount Colonel Foster	2134	7001
5.	Mount Albert Edward	2093	6867
6.	Rambler Peak	2092	6864
7.	Mount McBride	2083	6834
8.	Kings Peak	2061	6762
9.	Rees Ridge	2045	6709
10.	Mount Filberg	2035	6677
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Photos of Peaks in the Vancouver Island

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.
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.	Mount Finlayson View of Mount Finlayson from the Goldstream Nature House, Goldstream Provincial Park (2015-08-21). Photo by Andrew Coates. Click here for larger-size photo.

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