geo.wikisort.org - MountainsThe Vermilion Range is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies, in Banff National Park, Canada. The range is east of the Sawback Range and west of the Bare and Palliser Ranges.
Subrange of the Front and Park Ranges in Alberta, Canada
This range includes the following mountains and peaks:
Mountain/Peak | metres | feet |
Cascade Mountain | 2,998 | 9,836 |
Flints Peak | 2,950 | 9,682 |
Mount Brewster | 2,859 | 9,380 |
Prow Mountain | 2,858 | 9,377 |
Mount Norquay | 2,522 | 8,275 |
Geology
The mountains in Banff Park are composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.[5] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[6]
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, the range experiences a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[7] Temperatures in winter can drop below −20 °C (−4 °F) with wind chill factors below −30 °C (−22 °F).
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Ranges | |
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Mountains | |
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Passes |
- Abbot
- Athabasca
- Bush
- Carcajou
- Crowsnest
- Elbow
- Elk
- Fortress
- Fraser
- Highwood
- Howse
- Jarvis
- Kananaskis
- Kicking Horse
- Monkman
- Muncho
- North Kananaskis
- Palliser
- Pine
- Simpson
- Sinclair
- Summit
- Sunwapta
- Tonquin
- Vermilion
- Wapiti
- White Man
- Yellowhead
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Glaciers |
- Athabasca
- Bow
- Columbia Icefield
- Crowfoot
- Hector
- Peyto
- Saskatchewan
- Vulture
- Wapta
- Waputik Icefield
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Rivers | |
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Peoples |
- Mountain Stoney
- Mountain Metis
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Parks and protected areas | International |
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site
- Waterton Biosphere Reserve
- Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
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National |
- Parks
- Banff
- Jasper
- Kootenay
- Yoho
- Waterton Lakes
- Historic Sites
- Jasper House
- Jasper Park Information Centre
- Yellowhead Pass
- Athabasca Pass
- Howse Pass
- Kootenae House
- Kicking Horse Pass
- Skoki Ski Lodge
- Twin Falls Tea House
- Abbot Pass Refuge Cabin
- Cave and Basin
- Banff Park Museum
- Sulphur Mountain Cosmic Ray Station
- First Oil Well in Western Canada
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Provincial (AB) |
- Parks
- Bow Valley
- Bragg Creek
- Elbow-Sheep
- Ghost River
- Kananaskis
- Peter Lougheed
- Sheep River
- Siffleur
- Spray Valley
- White Goat
- Willmore
- Historic Sites
- Frank Slide
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Provincial (BC) |
- Akamina-Kishinena
- Close To The Edge
- Dune Za Keyih (Frog-Gataga)
- Elk Lakes
- Graham-Laurier
- Hamber
- Height of the Rockies
- Hole-in-the-Wall
- Kakwa
- Kikomun Creek
- Kwadacha
- Mount Assiniboine
- Mount Fernie
- Mount Robson
- Muncho Lake
- Northern Rocky Mountains
- Pine Le Moray
- Stone Mountain
- Muskwa-Kechika
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Ski resorts |
- Castle Mountain
- Fernie
- Fortress Mountain
- Lake Louise
- Little Mac
- Marmot Basin
- Mount Norquay
- Nakiska
- Powder King
- Sunshine Village
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Communities | |
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Ecozone and ecoregions |
- CEC ecozones
- Boreal Cordillera
- Montane Cordillera
- WWF ecoregions
- Alberta Mountain forests
- Alberta–British Columbia foothills forests
- North Central Rockies forest
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- See also
- Geography portal
- Canada portal
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На других языках
- [en] Vermilion Range (Alberta)
[fr] Chaînon Vermilion (Alberta)
Le chaînon Vermilion, Vermilion Range en anglais, est une chaîne de montagnes située dans les Rocheuses canadiennes, dans le parc national de Banff, en Alberta au Canada. Cette chaîne est située à l'est du chaînon Sawback et à l'ouest des chaînons Bare et Palliser.
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