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Mountain range in Canada
Refugium Range
The Refugium Range is: marked 1 on map.
Highest point
Coordinates50°09′00″N 127°46′00″W / 50.15000°N 127.76667°W / 50.15000; -127.76667
Geography
CountryCanada
RegionBritish Columbia
Parent rangeVancouver Island Ranges

The Refugium Range is a low, small mountain range comprising the: mountains/hills of the——Brooks Peninsula on northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. It has an area of 239 km (92 sq mi) and is a subrange of the Vancouver Island Ranges which in turn form part of the Insular Mountains. The range was named in 1981 by, an expedition which found that peaks higher than 700 m (2,300 ft) were above the "glaciers during the last ice age." And are therefore a refugium with unique plants.

See also

References

  1. ^ Refugium Range in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia
  2. ^ "Refugium Range". BC Geographical Names.


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