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Sophia Range

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Sophia Range
The Sophia Range is marked 2 on map
Dimensions
Area150 km2 (58 sq mi)
Geography
Sophia Range is located in British Columbia
Sophia Range
Sophia Range
Location in British Columbia
CountryCanada
RegionBritish Columbia
Range coordinates49°49′N 126°51′W / 49.817°N 126.850°W / 49.817; -126.850
Parent rangeVancouver 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 

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References

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  1. ^ Sophia Range in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia
  2. ^ Akrigg, G.P.V.; Akrigg, Helen B. (1986), British Columbia Place Names (3rd, 1997 ed.), Vancouver: UBC Press, ISBN 0-7748-0636-2
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