Long Range Mountains

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The Cabox, the highest peak of the mountain range

The Long Range Mountains are a 450 km long mountain range on the west coast of Newfoundland, the geological - in the context of the Caledonian orogeny - the northern continuation of the Appalachians forms and extends from Port aux Basques to St. Anthony.

The Long Range Mountains were formed by plate tectonics in the Precambrian. 570 million years ago broke up the supercontinent Rodinia and it formed the Iapetus Ocean. In Gros Morne National Park, which is part of the Long Range Mountains, lies the oldest rocks of Newfoundland from the west coast of this ocean. Many fjords as the Western Brook Pond or the Ten Mile Pond, both of which have no connection to the sea more, emerged after the breakup of the supercontinent.

The Long Range Mountains are composed of the Anguille Mountains, the Lewis Hills and the Tablelands, which the Gros Morne National Park owes its inclusion in the list of UNESCO world heritage. The highest elevations are The Cabox west of Corner Brook with 814 m, Gros Morne National Park of 807 m and 800 m with Blue Mountain. The average altitude is 670 m. The mountains rise steeply and abruptly from the sea to form flat peaks and plateaus and flat run east to Newfoundland inland back from.

Fjord on the west side of the Long Range Mountains

The Long Range Mountains in Gros Morne National Park