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The Insular Mountains are primarily situated along the coast of British Columbia, Canada.
Answer: True
The Insular Mountains are geographically situated along the coast of British Columbia, Canada, forming part of the Pacific Coast Ranges.
The French designation for the Insular Mountains is "Montagnes Côtières".
Answer: False
The French designation for the Insular Mountains is 'Monts Insulaires'.
The Insular Mountain range covers a total surface area of roughly 100,000 square kilometers.
Answer: False
The Insular Mountain range covers a total surface area of approximately 51,691 square miles (133,879 square kilometers).
The Insular Mountains are considered the westernmost range of the Rocky Mountains system.
Answer: False
The Insular Mountains are considered the westernmost range of the Pacific Cordillera system, distinct from the Rocky Mountains.
The description of the Insular Mountains as the 'true westernmost range' of the Pacific Cordillera distinguishes them from the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Answer: False
Describing the Insular Mountains as the 'true westernmost range' of the Pacific Cordillera serves to differentiate them geographically from the mainland Coast Mountains.
The 'See also' section mentions the geology of the Rocky Mountains as a related topic.
Answer: False
The 'See also' section lists Volcanism in Canada and the Geology of the Pacific Northwest as related topics, not the geology of the Rocky Mountains.
The term 'Insular' in the mountain range's name refers to its location entirely within the mainland of British Columbia.
Answer: False
The term 'Insular' in the mountain range's name likely relates to its location on islands such as Vancouver Island and Haida Gwaii, which form its higher elevations.
The Insular Mountains are part of the Pacific Cordillera mountain system.
Answer: True
The Insular Mountains are indeed part of the Pacific Cordillera, a major mountain system in western North America.
The Insular Mountains are entirely above sea level, with no parts submerged.
Answer: False
While significant portions of the Insular Mountains are above sea level, Vancouver Island and Haida Gwaii represent higher elevations of a range that is not fully emerged.
The French name for the Insular Mountains is "Monts de l'Île".
Answer: False
The French designation for the Insular Mountains is 'Monts Insulaires'.
Where are the Insular Mountains geographically situated?
Answer: Along the coast of British Columbia, Canada
The Insular Mountains are located within the Pacific Coast Ranges along the coast of British Columbia, Canada.
The Insular Mountains are part of which larger North American mountain system?
Answer: The Pacific Cordillera
The Insular Mountains are part of the Pacific Cordillera, a major mountain system in western North America.
How does the Insular Mountains' position relate to the Coast Mountains within the Pacific Cordillera?
Answer: They are considered the true westernmost range of the system.
The Insular Mountains are considered the true westernmost range of the Pacific Cordillera system, distinguishing them from the mainland Coast Mountains.
What does the source suggest the term 'Insular' might signify regarding the mountain range?
Answer: Its location primarily on islands like Vancouver Island and Haida Gwaii
The term 'Insular' likely relates to the islands, such as Vancouver Island and Haida Gwaii, that constitute the higher elevations of this range, suggesting a connection to island geography.
What is the French designation for the Insular Mountains?
Answer: Monts Insulaires
The French designation for the Insular Mountains is 'Monts Insulaires'.
What is the total approximate surface area of the Insular Mountain range in square miles?
Answer: 51,691 sq mi
The Insular Mountain range covers a total area of approximately 51,691 square miles (133,879 square kilometers).
What is the significance of the Insular Mountains being the 'true westernmost range' of the Pacific Cordillera?
Answer: It distinguishes them geographically from the mainland Coast Mountains.
Being the 'true westernmost range' of the Pacific Cordillera distinguishes the Insular Mountains geographically from the mainland Coast Mountains.
Vancouver Island and Haida Gwaii represent submerged portions of the Insular Mountains.
Answer: False
Vancouver Island and Haida Gwaii represent the higher elevations of the Insular Mountains, indicating that the range is not fully emerged.
The Vancouver Island Ranges and the Queen Charlotte Mountains are the two primary sub-ranges of the Insular Mountains.
Answer: True
The Insular Mountains are divided into two main sub-ranges: the Vancouver Island Ranges and the Queen Charlotte Mountains.
The Queen Charlotte Mountains are located on Vancouver Island.
Answer: False
The Queen Charlotte Mountains sub-range is primarily located on Haida Gwaii, not Vancouver Island.
The Cameron Range is part of the Vancouver Island Ranges.
Answer: False
The Cameron Range is part of the Queen Charlotte Mountains, not the Vancouver Island Ranges.
The Queen Charlotte Mountains sub-range is primarily located on Vancouver Island.
Answer: False
The Queen Charlotte Mountains sub-range is primarily located on Haida Gwaii.
The Queen Charlotte Mountains include the San Christoval Range and the Genevieve Range.
Answer: False
The Queen Charlotte Mountains include the Cameron, Crease, McKay, and San Christoval Ranges; the Genevieve Range is located on Nootka Island.
What are the two primary sub-ranges that constitute the Insular Mountains?
Answer: The Vancouver Island Ranges and the Queen Charlotte Mountains
The Insular Mountains are divided into two main sub-ranges: the Vancouver Island Ranges and the Queen Charlotte Mountains.
What is the significance of Vancouver Island and Haida Gwaii in relation to the Insular Mountains?
Answer: They represent the higher elevations of the Insular Mountains, indicating the range is not fully emerged.
Vancouver Island and Haida Gwaii represent the higher elevations of the Insular Mountains, signifying that the range as a whole is not fully emerged above sea level.
Which sub-range of the Insular Mountains is located on Haida Gwaii?
Answer: The Queen Charlotte Mountains
The Queen Charlotte Mountains sub-range is located on Haida Gwaii.
The Queen Charlotte Mountains sub-range includes which of the following smaller ranges?
Answer: Cameron, Crease, McKay, San Christoval
The Queen Charlotte Mountains include the Cameron Range, Crease Range, McKay Range, and San Christoval Range.
What are the four named ranges that are part of the Queen Charlotte Mountains on Haida Gwaii?
Answer: Cameron, Crease, McKay, San Christoval
The Queen Charlotte Mountains include the Cameron Range, Crease Range, McKay Range, and San Christoval Range.
What is the primary characteristic of the Insular Mountains' terrain, particularly on Vancouver Island?
Answer: Rugged terrain with peaks over 2,000 meters
The Insular Mountains are characterized by rugged terrain, with peaks on Vancouver Island often exceeding 2,000 meters.
The Insular Mountains were formed during the Jurassic period through continental drift.
Answer: False
The Insular Mountains were formed during the mid-Cretaceous period through the collision of active volcanic islands (Insular Islands) with the North American continent.
The Insular Mountains are predominantly composed of granite and gneiss.
Answer: False
The Insular Mountains are primarily composed of sedimentary turbidites and volcanic pillow lavas.
Granitic plutons are a common geological feature throughout the Insular Mountains, similar to the Coast Mountains.
Answer: False
Granitic plutons are seldom found in the Insular Mountains, which contrasts with the Coast Mountains where these formations are more common.
The Insular Mountains are primarily composed of sedimentary turbidites and volcanic pillow lavas.
Answer: True
The Insular Mountains are primarily composed of turbidites, which are sedimentary rocks formed from underwater currents, and pillow lavas, which are volcanic rocks formed from underwater eruptions.
The Insular Mountains were formed by the collision of the Insular Islands with the Asian continent.
Answer: False
The Insular Mountains were formed by the collision of the Insular Islands with the North American continent.
Granitic plutons are a defining characteristic of the Insular Mountains, unlike the Coast Mountains.
Answer: False
Granitic plutons are seldom found in the Insular Mountains, unlike the Coast Mountains where they are more common.
What types of rocks are the predominant components of the Insular Mountains?
Answer: Sedimentary turbidites and volcanic pillow lavas
The Insular Mountains are primarily composed of turbidites (sedimentary rocks formed from underwater currents) and pillow lavas (volcanic rocks formed from underwater eruptions).
Which of the following is a key geological difference between the Insular Mountains and the Coast Mountains mentioned in the source?
Answer: Granitic plutons are seldom found in the Insular Mountains, unlike the Coast Mountains.
A key geological distinction is that granitic plutons, which are common in the Coast Mountains, are seldom found in the Insular Mountains.
What geological event led to the formation of the Insular Mountains?
Answer: The collision of active volcanic islands (Insular Islands) with the North American continent
The Insular Mountains were formed during the mid-Cretaceous period as a result of the collision between the Insular Islands and the North American continent.
What is the primary geological composition of the Insular Mountains?
Answer: Sedimentary rocks like turbidites and volcanic rocks like pillow lavas
The Insular Mountains are primarily composed of turbidites and pillow lavas, which are types of sedimentary and volcanic rocks, respectively.
The Insular Mountains were formed during which geological period?
Answer: Mid-Cretaceous
The Insular Mountains were formed during the mid-Cretaceous period.
During the last glacial period, the area of the Insular Mountains was largely covered by the sea.
Answer: False
During the last glacial period, the continental shelf in the Insular Mountains region was a broad coastal plain, not largely covered by the sea.
Seismic activity in the Insular Mountains is primarily caused by volcanic eruptions.
Answer: False
Seismic activity in the Insular Mountains is primarily caused by the subduction of the Pacific Plate and the Juan de Fuca Plate.
Major earthquakes in the Insular Mountains can cause glaciers to advance.
Answer: False
Major earthquakes in the Insular Mountains can trigger landslides and create fissures, but they do not cause glaciers to advance.
Glaciers flowing towards the Pacific during the Ice Age smoothed the valley faces in the Insular Mountains.
Answer: False
During the Ice Age, glaciers flowing towards the Pacific carved the valleys in the Insular Mountains, sharpening their faces and eroding their bottoms.
Fjords in the Insular Mountains were formed by volcanic activity flooding glacially carved valleys.
Answer: False
Fjords in the Insular Mountains were formed by glacial carving followed by sea-level rise.
Fjords were formed in the Insular Mountains solely due to the melting of glaciers.
Answer: False
Fjords were formed by glacial carving and subsequent sea-level rise, not solely due to melting glaciers.
The subduction of the North American Plate and the Pacific Plate causes seismic activity in the Insular Mountains.
Answer: False
The subduction of the Pacific Plate and the Juan de Fuca Plate causes seismic activity in the Insular Mountains.
How were the fjords in the Insular Mountains primarily formed?
Answer: By glacial carving followed by sea-level rise
Fjords in the Insular Mountains were formed by glacial carving during the last glacial period, followed by the subsequent rise in sea level after the ice melted.
During the last glacial period, what was the condition of the continental shelf in the Insular Mountains region?
Answer: It was a broad coastal plain with the mountain range fully exposed.
During the last glacial period, the continental shelf in the Insular Mountains region was a broad coastal plain, with the mountain range fully exposed.
What is the primary cause of the frequent seismic activity in the Insular Mountains region?
Answer: The subduction of the Pacific Plate and the Juan de Fuca Plate
The frequent seismic activity in the Insular Mountains region is primarily caused by the subduction of the Pacific Plate and the Juan de Fuca Plate.
Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a consequence of significant earthquakes in the Insular Mountains?
Answer: Causing glaciers to advance rapidly
Major earthquakes in the Insular Mountains can cause mountains to collapse, trigger landslides, and create fissures, but they do not cause glaciers to advance rapidly.
How did glaciers specifically alter the valleys within the Insular Mountains during the Ice Age?
Answer: They carved deep U-shaped valleys, sharpening faces and eroding bottoms.
During the Ice Age, glaciers carved deep U-shaped valleys in the Insular Mountains, sharpening their faces and eroding their bottoms.
What geological processes are mentioned as contributing to the frequent seismic activity in the Insular Mountains?
Answer: The subduction of the Pacific Plate and the Juan de Fuca Plate
The frequent seismic activity in the Insular Mountains is attributed to the subduction of the Pacific Plate and the Juan de Fuca Plate.
What geological processes are responsible for the formation of fjords in the Insular Mountains region?
Answer: Glacial erosion followed by sea-level rise
Fjords in the Insular Mountains region were formed through the combined processes of glacial erosion during the last glacial period and the subsequent rise in sea level after the ice melted.
The Golden Hinde, the highest peak in the Insular Mountains, is located on Haida Gwaii.
Answer: False
The Golden Hinde, the highest peak in the Insular Mountains, is located on Vancouver Island.
Golden Hinde reaches an elevation of approximately 7,500 feet.
Answer: False
Golden Hinde reaches an elevation of approximately 7,207.41 feet (2,196.818 meters).
Peaks within Strathcona Provincial Park on Vancouver Island can exceed elevations of 2,000 meters.
Answer: True
The Insular Mountains are characterized by their rugged terrain, and on Vancouver Island, peaks within Strathcona Provincial Park rise to elevations exceeding 2,000 meters (6,562 feet).
The Comox Glacier is an example of a geological formation from the Tertiary period found in the Insular Mountains.
Answer: False
The Comox Glacier, located in the Vancouver Island Ranges, is mentioned as an example of a remnant from the Ice Age.
The Sophia Range is located on Vancouver Island, between two major inlets.
Answer: False
The Sophia Range is located on Nootka Island, between Esperanza Inlet and Nuchatlitz Inlet.
The Karmutzen Range is situated between the Nimpkish River and Bonanza Lake.
Answer: False
The Karmutzen Range is situated between Nimpkish Lake, Tlakwa Creek, and Karmuzten Creek.
The Franklin Range is located near Robson Bight on the Johnstone Strait.
Answer: True
The Franklin Range is situated near Robson Bight on the Johnstone Strait, specifically between the Tsitika River and the Kokish River.
The Sutton Range lies between the Nimpkish River and the Tsitika River.
Answer: False
The Sutton Range lies between the Nimpkish River, White River, Oktwanch River, and Gold River.
The Newcastle Range is located along the Johnstone Strait, west of Sayward-Kelsey Bay.
Answer: True
The Newcastle Range is located along Johnstone Strait, positioned west of Sayward-Kelsey Bay and east/north of the Adams River.
The Prince of Wales Range is located on the west coast of Vancouver Island.
Answer: False
The Prince of Wales Range is located on the east coast of Vancouver Island, approximately 40 kilometers north of Campbell River.
The Halifax Range is situated between Amor de Cosmos Creek and Pye Creek along the Johnstone Strait.
Answer: True
The Halifax Range is located along Johnstone Strait, situated between Amor de Cosmos Creek and Pye Creek.
The Beaufort Range is located south of Port Alberni.
Answer: False
The Beaufort Range is located north of Port Alberni and west of Qualicum Beach.
The Gowlland Range includes Mount Work Regional Park and is situated between Saanich Inlet and Brentwood Bay.
Answer: True
The Gowlland Range is located near Victoria, situated between Saanich Inlet and Brentwood Bay, and includes Mount Work Regional Park.
The Haihte Range is bordered by the Gold River and the White River.
Answer: False
The Haihte Range is located between the Tashsis River, the Nomash River, Zeballos Lake, and Woss Lake.
The Elk River Mountains are sometimes classified as a range within the Insular Mountains system.
Answer: True
The Elk River Mountains, located in Strathcona Provincial Park, are sometimes classified as a range within the Insular Mountains system.
The Golden Hinde is located within Strathcona Provincial Park.
Answer: True
The Golden Hinde, the highest peak in the Insular Mountains, is located within Strathcona Provincial Park on Vancouver Island.
The image provided shows the south aspect of the Golden Hinde mountain, captured in August 2006.
Answer: True
The image displays the Golden Hinde mountain, specifically its south aspect, and it was captured in August 2006.
The Pelham Range is located between the Sarita River and Alberni Inlet.
Answer: True
The Pelham Range is situated between the Sarita River and Alberni Inlet.
The Seymour Range is situated between the San Juan River and the Gordon River, near Cowichan Lake.
Answer: True
The Seymour Range is located between the valley of Cowichan Lake, the San Juan River, and the Gordon River.
The Pierce Range is located north of Gold River, between the Jacklah River and the Burman River.
Answer: False
The Pierce Range is located south of Gold River, between the Jacklah River and the Burman River.
The Bonanza Range is adjacent to Bonanza Lake and lies between the Nimpkish River and the Tsitika River.
Answer: True
The Bonanza Range is located between the Nimpkish River and the Tsitika River, adjacent to Bonanza Lake.
What is the highest peak within the Insular Mountains, and on which island is it located?
Answer: Golden Hinde on Vancouver Island
The highest peak in the Insular Mountains is Golden Hinde, situated on Vancouver Island.
What is the approximate elevation of Golden Hinde in feet?
Answer: 7,207.41 feet
Golden Hinde reaches an elevation of 7,207.41 feet (2,196.818 meters).
Which range is located on Nootka Island, between Esperanza Inlet and Nuchatlitz Inlet?
Answer: The Sophia Range
The Sophia Range is located on Nootka Island, between Esperanza Inlet and Nuchatlitz Inlet.
The Hankin Range is situated between which two geographical features?
Answer: Nimpkish Lake and Bonanza Lake
The Hankin Range is located between Nimpkish Lake and Bonanza Lake.
The Franklin Range is associated with which coastal strait and river systems?
Answer: Johnstone Strait, Tsitika River, and Kokish River
The Franklin Range is situated near Robson Bight on the Johnstone Strait, specifically between the Tsitika River and the Kokish River.
Which range is located on the east coast of Vancouver Island, approximately 40 kilometers north of Campbell River?
Answer: The Prince of Wales Range
The Prince of Wales Range is found on the east coast of Vancouver Island, approximately 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of Campbell River.
The Gowlland Range, which includes Mount Work Regional Park, is situated between which two bodies of water?
Answer: Saanich Inlet and Brentwood Bay
The Gowlland Range is located near Victoria, situated between Saanich Inlet and Brentwood Bay, and includes Mount Work Regional Park.
The Comox Glacier is mentioned in the source as an example of what?
Answer: A remnant from the Ice Age
The Comox Glacier, located in the Vancouver Island Ranges, is mentioned as an example of a remnant from the Ice Age.
The Beaufort Range is geographically associated with which two locations?
Answer: Port Alberni and Qualicum Beach
The Beaufort Range is located north of Port Alberni and west of Qualicum Beach.
Which range lies between the Nimpkish River, White River, Oktwanch River, and Gold River?
Answer: The Sutton Range
The Sutton Range is situated between the Nimpkish River, White River, Oktwanch River, and Gold River.
The Newcastle Range is located along Johnstone Strait, positioned between which river and bay area?
Answer: Between the Adams River and Sayward-Kelsey Bay
The Newcastle Range is located along Johnstone Strait, positioned west of Sayward-Kelsey Bay and east/north of the Adams River.
Which range is situated south of Gold River, between the Jacklah River and the Burman River?
Answer: The Pierce Range
The Pierce Range is situated south of Gold River, lying between the Jacklah River and the Burman River.
What is the geographic coordinate for the latitude of Golden Hinde?
Answer: 49 degrees, 39 minutes, 43.8 seconds North
The geographic coordinates for Golden Hinde include a latitude of 49 degrees, 39 minutes, and 43.8 seconds North.
The Somerset Range is located between which river basins/channel and lake?
Answer: Pacheena-Sarita River basins, Klanawa River, Nitinat Lake, and Imperial Eagle Channel
The Somerset Range is located between the Pacheena-Sarita River basins and the Klanawa River, specifically between Nitinat Lake and Imperial Eagle Channel.
The Genevieve Range is located on which island?
Answer: Nootka Island
The Genevieve Range is located on Nootka Island.
The Halifax Range is situated along which strait and between which creeks?
Answer: Johnstone Strait, Amor de Cosmos Creek, and Pye Creek
The Halifax Range is located along Johnstone Strait, situated between Amor de Cosmos Creek and Pye Creek.
Which island hosts both the Sophia Range and the Genevieve Range?
Answer: Nootka Island
Both the Sophia Range and the Genevieve Range are located on Nootka Island.