Boundary Ranges
| Boundary Ranges | |
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| Alaska Boundary Range | |
View of the Juneau Icefield.
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| Highest point | |
| Peak | Mount Ratz (British Columbia) |
| Elevation | 3,090 m (10,140 ft) |
| Coordinates | 57°23′35.2″N 132°18′11.2″W / 57.393111°N 132.303111°WCoordinates: 57°23′35.2″N 132°18′11.2″W / 57.393111°N 132.303111°W |
| Dimensions | |
| Area | 87,101 km2 (33,630 sq mi) |
| Geography | |
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| Countries | Canada and United States |
| States/Provinces | British Columbia, Alaska and Yukon |
| Parent range | Coast Mountains |
The Boundary Ranges, also known in the singular and as the Alaska Boundary Range, are the largest and most northerly subrange of the Coast Mountains. They begin at the Nass River, near the southern end of the Alaska Panhandle in the Canadian province of British Columbia and run to the Kelsall River, near the Chilkoot Pass, beyond which are the Alsek Ranges of the Saint Elias Mountains, and northwards into the Yukon Territory flanking the west side of the Yukon River drainage as far as Champagne Pass, north of which being the Yukon Ranges. To their east are the Skeena Mountains and Stikine Plateau of the Interior Mountains complex that lies northwest of the Interior Plateau; the immediately adjoining subregion of the Stikine Plateau is the Tahltan Highland. To their northeast is the Tagish Highland, which is a subregion of the Yukon Plateau. Both highlands are considered in some descriptions as included in the Coast Mountains. The Alexander Archipelago lies offshore and is entirely within Alaska.
The Boundary Ranges include several large icefields, including the Juneau Icefield, between the Alaskan city of the same name and Atlin Lake in B.C.; and the Stikine Icecap, which lies between the lower Stikine River and the Whiting River. Some of the highest mountains in the Boundary Ranges are: Mount Ratz, 3090 m (10138 ft), Chutine Peak, 2910 m (9547 ft), and Devils Thumb, 2766 m (9077 ft), all in the Stikine Icecap region; and Devils Paw, 2593 m (8507 ft), in the Juneau Icefield. (Other peaks in the Stikine Icecap are higher than 2600 m (8500 ft), but they have relatively low topographic prominence.)
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