| Palliser Range | |
|---|---|
Mount Aylmer, August 1994 | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Mount Aylmer |
| Elevation | 3,162 m (10,374 ft)[1] |
| Listing | Mountains of Alberta |
| Geography | |
| Location | Banff National Park Alberta, Canada |
| Range coordinates | 51°23′N115°34′W / 51.383°N 115.567°W /51.383; -115.567[2] |
| Parent range | Canadian Rockies |
| Borders on | Bare Range |
| Topo map | NTS82O5Castle Mountain[2] |
ThePalliser Range is amountain range of theCanadian Rockies that lies in the extreme southeast corner ofBanff National Park,Alberta,Canada.
The Palliser Range is part of the East Banff Ranges of the Central FrontCanadian Rockies.[3]
Lake Minnewanka marks the southern boundary of the range while theBare Range marks the northern boundary. Its eastern reaches are marked by theBlack Rock Mountain of the Ghost River Area. The range was named by thePalliser expedition as it appears on one of the maps produced by the expedition. The range gives the name to thePalliser Formation, a stratigraphical unit prominently featured in the mountains of this range.
This range includes the following mountains and peaks:
| Mountain / Peak | Elevation | Prominence | Coordinates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| m | ft | m | ft | ||
| Mount Aylmer | 3,162 | 10,374 | 1,142 | 3,747 | 51°19′26″N115°26′0″W / 51.32389°N 115.43333°W /51.32389; -115.43333 |
| Puma Peak | 3,120 | 10,240 | 819 | 2,687 | 51°27′36″N115°37′0″W / 51.46000°N 115.61667°W /51.46000; -115.61667 |
| Revenant Mountain | 3,065 | 10,056 | 725 | 2,379 | 51°22′24″N115°28′46″W / 51.37333°N 115.47944°W /51.37333; -115.47944 |
| Apparition Mountain | 3,002 | 9,849 | 182 | 597 | 51°22′2″N115°27′32″W / 51.36722°N 115.45889°W /51.36722; -115.45889 |
| Mount Astley | 2,869 | 9,413 | 51°18′0″N115°29′9″W / 51.30000°N 115.48583°W /51.30000; -115.48583 | ||
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