Sophia Range
Appearance
Sophia Range | |
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Dimensions | |
Area | 150 km2 (58 sq mi) |
Geography | |
Country | Canada |
Region | British Columbia |
Range coordinates | 49°49′N 126°51′W / 49.817°N 126.850°W |
Parent range | Vancouver Island Ranges |
The Sophia Range is a low, small mountain range on southern Nootka Island, forming a peninsula west of Tahsis Inlet, between Esperanza Inlet and Nuchatlitz Inlet, British Columbia, Canada. It is made up of hills and has an area of 150 km2 and is a subrange of the Vancouver Island Ranges which in turn form part of the Insular Mountains.[1]
In the 1850s five daughters of Captain Edward E. Langford were the belles of Victoria. Captain George H. Richards named this range after Sophia Elizabeth, the fourth daughter of Langford.[2]: 250
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Sophia Range in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia
- ^ Akrigg, G.P.V.; Akrigg, Helen B. (1986), British Columbia Place Names (3rd, 1997 ed.), Vancouver: UBC Press, ISBN 0-7748-0636-2