| Coast Mountains A range of western British Columbia, Canada, and southeast Alaska extending about 1,609 km (1,000 mi) parallel to the Pacific coast. The mountains slope precipitously to the Pacific Ocean, where the shoreline is deeply indented by fjords. Mount Waddington, 3,996.7 m (13,104 ft), is the highest elevation in the range. |
Coast Mountains
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(Placename) a mountain range in Canada, on the Pacific coast of British Columbia. Highest peak: Mount Waddington, 4043 m (13 266 ft.)
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| Noun | 1. |  Coast Mountains - a string of mountain ranges along the Pacific coast of North America from southeastern Alaska to Lower CaliforniaCascade Mountains, Cascade Range, Cascades - a mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California; a part of the Coast Range Mount Hubbard, Hubbard - a mountain peak in southeastern Alaska that is part of the Coast Range (14,950 feet high) North America - a continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama |
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