The Stikine Ranges are a group of

mountain range A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arise ...

s and mountainous

plateau In geology and physical geography, a plateau (; ; ), also called a high plain or a tableland, is an area of a highland consisting of flat terrain that is raised sharply above the surrounding area on at least one side. Often one or more sides ...

s in northwestern

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. They are the northernmost subdivision of the

Cassiar Mountains The Cassiar Mountains (french: Chaîne des Cassiars) are the most northerly group of the Northern Interior Mountains in the Canadian province of British Columbia and also extend slightly into the southernmost Yukon Territory. They lie north and we ...

and among the least explored and most undeveloped parts of the province. The

Sifton Ranges The Sifton Ranges are a mountain range along the west side of the Rocky Mountain Trench in northern British Columbia, Canada. It has an area of 1823 km2 and is a subrange of the Cassiar Mountains which in turn form part of the Interior Mounta ...

, which are also part of the Cassiar Mountains, lie immediately east of the Stikine Ranges just north of the Finlay River; northwest of there the larger Kechika Ranges lie between the Stikine Ranges and the

Rocky Mountain Trench The Rocky Mountain Trench, also known as the Valley of a Thousand Peaks or simply the Trench, is a large valley on the western side of the northern part of North America's Rocky Mountains. The Trench is both visually and cartographically a ...

. The Stikine Plateau lies to the west of the Stikine Ranges.

Extent

The ranges run on a NW-SE axis from the Yukon boundary, adjacent to the Nisutlin Plateau at c. , to the

Finlay River The Finlay River is a 402 km long river in north-central British Columbia flowing north and thence south from Thutade Lake in the Omineca Mountains to Williston Lake, the impounded waters of the Peace River formed by the completion of the ...

at c. .S. Holland, ''Landforms of British Columbia'', Map appendix, Province of British Columbia (1976)
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Sub-ranges

* Beady Range * Nisutlin Plateau* * Skree Range * Three Sisters Range * Thudaka Range *

Tuya Range The Tuya Range is a mountain range in the Stikine Ranges of the Cassiar Mountains in the far north of the Canadian province of British Columbia, near its border with the Yukon Territory and to the southwest of Watson Lake, Yukon, which is the n ...

*Holland's map shows the Nisutlin Plateau as part of the

Yukon Plateau The Yukon Plateau is a plateau (also defined as a plain) located in the Yukon Territory, comprising much of the central and southern Yukon Territory and the far northern part of British Columbia, Canada between Tagish Lake (W) and the Cassiar Mount ...

, though in the text describes it as part of the Stikine Ranges.

References

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