Boundary Ranges

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Boundary Ranges are a major subrange of the Coast Mountains spanning the border region between southeastern Alaska and northwestern British Columbia, known for their rugged, glaciated peaks and remote wilderness.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Boundary Ranges canonical 8

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range ⓘ
subrange of the Coast Mountains ⓘ
access commonly accessed by boat or aircraft ⓘ
limited road access ⓘ
age Mesozoic to Cenozoic ⓘ
borderWith Alaska ⓘ
British Columbia ⓘ
climate high-precipitation ⓘ
maritime ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
United States ⓘ
drainage flows to Pacific Ocean ⓘ
headwaters of several coastal rivers ⓘ
ecoregion Pacific coastal mountains ecoregions ⓘ
extendsAlong Canada–United States border ⓘ
geology granitic rocks ⓘ
metamorphic rocks ⓘ
hasFeature deep fjords ⓘ
icefields ⓘ
valley glaciers ⓘ
hasProtectedArea federal and state protected lands in Alaska ⓘ
various provincial parks in British Columbia ⓘ
hasRelief steep local relief ⓘ
hazard avalanches ⓘ
crevasses on glaciers ⓘ
glacial hazards ⓘ
highestPointRegion among highest parts of Coast Mountains ⓘ
humanPresence sparsely populated ⓘ
knownFor glaciated terrain ⓘ
remote wilderness ⓘ
rugged peaks ⓘ
landUse backcountry skiing ⓘ
mountaineering ⓘ
wilderness recreation ⓘ
locatedIn northwestern British Columbia ⓘ
southeastern Alaska ⓘ
namedFor location along international boundary ⓘ
orogeny Coast Plutonic Complex ⓘ
partOf Coast Mountains ⓘ
Pacific Coast Ranges ⓘ
separates coastal fjords from interior plateaus ⓘ
vegetation alpine tundra at higher elevations ⓘ
coastal temperate rainforest at lower elevations ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Coast Mountains → contains → Boundary Ranges ⓘ
Juneau Icefield → partOf → Boundary Ranges ⓘ
White Pass → partOf → Boundary Ranges ⓘ
White Pass Summit → partOf → Boundary Ranges ⓘ
Stikine Plateau → borderedBy → Boundary Ranges ⓘ
Iskut River → sourceRegion → Boundary Ranges ⓘ
Iskut River → flowsThrough → Boundary Ranges ⓘ