The Sophia Range is a low, small mountain range on southern Nootka Island, forming a peninsula west of Tahsis Inlet, between Esperanza Inlet and Nuchatlitz Inlet, British Columbia, Canada. It is made up of hills and has an area of 150 km² and is a subrange of the Vancouver Island Ranges which in turn form part of the Insular Mountains.[1]

Sophia Range
The Sophia Range is marked 2 on map.
Dimensions
Area	150 km2 (58 sq mi)
Geography
Country	Canada
Region	British Columbia
Range coordinates	49°49′N 126°51′W
Parent range	Vancouver Island Ranges

In the 1850s five daughters of Captain Edward E. Langford were the belles of Victoria. Captain George H. Richards named this range after Sophia Elizabeth, the fourth daughter of Langford.[2]^: 250

See also

• List of mountain ranges

References

External links

• "Sophia Range". BC Geographical Names.

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