Long Range Mountains

The Long Range Mountains are a series of mountains along the west coast of the Canadian island of Newfoundland. They also form the northernmost section of the Appalachian chain on the eastern seaboard of North America. In 2003 it was announced that the International Appalachian Trail would be extended through the Long Range Mountains.

For the federal electoral district, see Long Range Mountains (electoral district).
Long Range Mountains
Mekapiisk (Mi'kmaq)[1]
Western Brook Pond, a fjord in the Long Range Mountains.
(Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland)
Highest point
PeakThe Cabox
Elevation814 m (2,671 ft)
Geography
CountryCanada
ProvinceNewfoundland and Labrador
Range coordinates49°19.5′N 57°48.25′W
Parent rangeAppalachian Mountains
Table Mountain (518 m [1,699 ft]) along the Trans-Canada Highway
The Long Range Mountains in Gros Morne National Park

The Great Northern Peninsula of Western Newfoundland contains the Highlands, the largest external basement massif of the Grenville Orogeny in the Appalachian Orogen. This Precambrian basement is known as the Long Range Inlier, Long Range Complex or Basement Gneiss Complex, consisting of quartz-feldspar gneisses and granites that are up to 1,550 million years in age. The Long Range dikes are mafic in composition and have an age of about 605 million years.[2]

Running along the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the range includes the following sections:

Highest Peaks of the Long Range Mountains
Rank Name m ft
1 The Cabox8142671
2 Gros Morne8072644
3 Blue Mountain8002625
4 Big Level7952608
5 Round Hill7632653
6 Rocky Harbour Hill7562480
7 Mount Saint Gregory6862251
8 Gros Paté6732208
9 Big Hill6592162
10 Old Crow6492129

See also

References
  1. http://www.oocities.org/pilip/land.htm
  2. Williams, Harold (1995). Geology of the Appalachian-Caledonian Orogen in Canada and Greenland, Geology of Canada, no. 6. Canada: Geological Survey of Canada. pp. 50–54, 63, 67–68, 637. ISBN 0-660-13134-X.
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