Sophia Range
mountain range in British Columbia, Canada
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.
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.
See also
List of mountain ranges
References
External links
"Sophia Range". BC Geographical Names. Government of British Columbia – B.C. Geographical Names Office (BCGNO).
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 31, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7562911. Authority coordinates are 49.813, -126.851. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
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