Victoria Cross Ranges

The Victoria Cross Ranges (52°55′N 118°18′W / 52.917°N 118.300°W / 52.917; -118.300 (Victoria Cross Ranges-S) to 53°05′N 118°30′W / 53.083°N 118.500°W / 53.083; -118.500 (Victoria Cross Ranges-N)) are a set of mountain ranges in the Canadian Rockies, located to the northwest of Jasper. Of the 19 peaks contained within this range, five are named after Canadian recipients of the Victoria Cross.

This range includes the following mountains and peaks:

Mountain/Peak metres feet namesake
Snaring Mountain 2,931 9,617
Mount Bridgland 2,930 9,613 Morrison Bridgland (not VC recipient)
Mount Mahood 2,896 9,502
Consort Mountain 2,883 9,459
Mount Oliver 2,865 9,400
Mount Beaupré 2,778 9,115
Monarch Mountain 2,777 9,111
Pyramid Mountain 2,766 9,075
Mount McKean 2,743 9,000 George Burdon McKean
Buttress Mountain 2,685 8,809
Mount Griesbach 2,682 8,800 William Antrobus Griesbach (not VC recipient)
Mount Kinross 2,650 8,695 Cecil John Kinross
Mount Zengel 2,630 8,629 Raphael Louis Zengel
Mount Henry 2,629 8,626
Cairngorm 2,610 8,563
Mount Kerr 2,560 8,399 John Chipman Kerr
Emigrants Mountain 2,553 8,376
Elysium Mountain 2,446 8,025
Mount Pattison 2,316 7,600 John George Pattison

See also

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