Long Range Mountains
| Long Range Mountains Mekapiisk (Mi'kmaq) |
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| Highest point | |
| Peak | The Cabox |
| Elevation | 814 m (2,671 ft) |
| Geography | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Range coordinates | 49°19.5′N 57°48.25′W / 49.3250°N 57.80417°WCoordinates: 49°19.5′N 57°48.25′W / 49.3250°N 57.80417°W |
The Long Range Mountains are a series of mountains along the west coast of the Canadian island of Newfoundland. They also form the northernmost section of the Appalachian chain on the eastern seaboard of North America. In 2003 it was announced that the International Appalachian Trail would be extended through the Long Range Mountains.
The Great Northern Peninsula of Western Newfoundland contains the Highlands, the largest external basement massif of the Grenville Orogeny in the Appalachian Orogen. This Precambrian basement is known as the Long Range Inlier, Long Range Complex or Basement Gneiss Complex, consisting of quartz-feldspar gneisses and granites that are up to 1550 Ma in age. The Long Range Swarm are mafic dikes within the range, with an age of about 605 Ma.
Running along the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the range includes the following sections:
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