page_title: Insular Mountains
section_title: Vancouver Island
hierarchical_section_title: Insular Mountains / Sub-ranges / Vancouver Island
caption_attribution_description: English: NASA satellite map marked with the boundaries of officially-named Vancouver Island Ranges, British Columbia.
context_page_description: The Insular Mountains are a range of mountains in the Pacific Coast Ranges on the Coast of British Columbia, Canada, comprising the Vancouver Island Ranges and Queen Charlotte Mountains. The Insular Mountains are rugged, particularly on Vancouver Island where peaks in Strathcona Provincial Park rise to elevations of more than 2,000 m. The highest of these mountains is Golden Hinde on Vancouver Island, which rises to 2,196.818 m.
  Although the Coast Mountain Range is usually referred to as the westernmost range of the Pacific Cordillera, the Insular Mountains are the true westernmost range.
context_section_description: Vancouver Island Ranges, on Vancouver Island:
  Refugium Range:  On the Brooks Peninsula
  Sophia Range: On Nootka Island, on the peninsula between Esperanza Inlet and Nuchatlitz Inlet
  Genevieve Range: Nootka Island
  Karmutzen Range: Between Nimpkish Lake, Tlakwa Creek and Karmuzten Creek
  Hankin Range: Between Nimpkish Lake and Bonanza Lake
  Franklin Range:  Near Robson Bight on the Johnstone Strait between the Tsitika River and Kokish River
  Bonanza Range:  Between the Nimpkish River and the Tsitika River by Bonanza Lake
  Sutton Range: Between Nimpkish River,  White River,  Oktwanch River, Gold River
  Newcastle Range: Johnstone Strait, west of Sayward-Kelsey Bay and east/north of Adams River
  Prince of Wales Range: East coast of Vancouver Island 40 km (25 mi) north of Campbell River
  Halifax Range: Along Johnstone Strait between Amor de Cosmos Creek and Pye Creek
  Beaufort Range: North of Port Alberni and west of Qualicum Beach
  Pelham Range:  Between the Sarita River and Alberni Inlet
  Somerset Range: Between The Pacheena-Sarita River basins and the Klanawa River (between Nitinat Lake and Imperial Eagle Channel)
  Seymour Range: Between the valley of Cowichan Lake, San Juan River and Gordon River
  Gowlland Range:  Near Victoria between Saanich Inlet and Brentwood Bay. Includes Mount Work Regional Park
  Pierce Range:  South of Gold River between the Jacklah River and the Burman River
  Haihte Range: Between Tashsis River, the Nomash River, Zeballos Lake and Woss Lake
  The Elk River Mountains, located in Strathcona Provincial Park, are sometimes classified as a range.
caption: Named Ranges of Vancouver Island
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