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Southern Continental Ranges

Range Type	Geographically-defined sub-range
Highest Point	Mount Assiniboine (3616 m/11,864 ft)
Countries	Canada
States/Provinces	British Columbia (53%), Alberta (47%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	28,344 sq km / 10,944 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	256 km / 159 mi North-South 243 km / 151 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	50° 19' N; 115° 15' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Southern Continental Ranges
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Note: Range borders shown on map are an approximation and are not authoritative.
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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 Southern Continental Ranges.

Canadian Rockies	Level 3 (Parent)
Northern Continental Ranges	Level 4 (Sibling)
Central Main Ranges	Level 4 (Sibling)
Central Front Ranges	Level 4 (Sibling)
Southern Continental Ranges	Level 4
Kootenay Ranges	Level 5 (Child)
Banff-Lake Louise Core Area	Level 5 (Child)
Assiniboine Area	Level 5 (Child)
South Banff Ranges	Level 5 (Child)
Kananaskis Country	Level 5 (Child)
Elk Lakes-Royal Area	Level 5 (Child)
Harrison Ranges	Level 5 (Child)
High Rock Ranges	Level 5 (Child)
Livingstone Range	Level 5 (Child)
Crowsnest Ranges	Level 5 (Child)

Major Peaks of the Southern Continental Ranges

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range5
1.	Mount Assiniboine	3616	11,864	Assiniboine Area
2.	Mount Goodsir	3567	11,703	Banff-Lake Louise Core Area
3.	Mount Temple	3540	11,614	Banff-Lake Louise Core Area
4.	Hungabee Mountain	3490	11,450	Banff-Lake Louise Core Area
5.	Mount Victoria	3467	11,375	Banff-Lake Louise Core Area
6.	Mount Lefroy	3442	11,293	Banff-Lake Louise Core Area
7.	Mount Joffre	3433	11,263	Elk Lakes-Royal Area
8.	Lunette Peak	3428	11,247	Assiniboine Area
9.	Deltaform Mountain	3426	11,240	Banff-Lake Louise Core Area
10.	Mount King George	3413	11,198	Elk Lakes-Royal Area
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	Range5
1.	Mount Assiniboine	3616	11,864	Assiniboine Area
2.	Mount Goodsir	3567	11,703	Banff-Lake Louise Core Area
3.	Mount Joffre	3433	11,263	Elk Lakes-Royal Area
4.	Mount Harrison	3360	11,024	Harrison Ranges
5.	Mount Rae	3225	10,580	High Rock Ranges
6.	Mount Sparrowhawk	3121	10,240	Kananaskis Country
7.	Old Goat Mountain	3109	10,200	South Banff Ranges
8.	Mount Gagnebin	2963	9721	Kootenay Ranges
9.	Mount Ptolemy	2812	9226	Crowsnest Ranges
10.	Centre Peak	2549	8363	Livingstone Range

Photos of Peaks in the Southern Continental Ranges

Mount Assiniboine Mount Assiniboine (2015.04.28). Photo by Serguei Okountsev. Click here for larger-size photo.	Mount Temple Mt. Temple from the Trans-Canada Hwy 1 (2011-08-08). Photo by Richard Hensley. Click here for larger-size photo.
Hungabee Mountain Hungabee Mountain from Mount Temple (2015-07-09). Photo by Serguei Okountsev. Click here for larger-size photo.	Mount Victoria Lupe near the end of the Plain of Six Glaciers Trail accessed from Lake Louise. Mount Lefroy is on the left and Mount Victoria on the right. The narrow canyon between them is known as the Death Trap (2014-07-24). Photo by Lupe !. Click here for larger-size photo.
Mount Lefroy Mount Lefroy (2014). Photo by Gary Spencer. Click here for larger-size photo.	Deltaform Mountain From left to right: Allen, Tuzo, Deltaform, Neptuak, Eiffel (2015-07-09). Photo by Serguei Okountsev. Click here for larger-size photo.
Mount Vaux Mont Vaux, viewed from the highway in Yoho National park. This mountain has the highest roadside elevation gain in the Canadian Rockies - a full 2,200 metres. (the base is at 1100 m altitude, the summit at a lofty 3310 metres) (2017-07-20). Photo by Jan Triska. Click here for larger-size photo.	Mount Fay Mount Fay (L), Bowlen on right (2015-07-09). Photo by Serguei Okountsev. Click here for larger-size photo.
Mount Aberdeen Haddo, Aberdeen Glacier, Aberdeen, and Lefroy. From Fairview. (2009?). Photo by R Scott. Click here for larger-size photo.	Mount Sparrowhawk The summit shot from Mt. Sparrowhawk, showing more of the setting of the peak than its actual ascent character. Note the limestone ridges characteristic of this section of CDN Rockies (2011-03-30). Photo by Jan Triska. Click here for larger-size photo.

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