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{{Short description|Mountain range in western Newfoundland, Canada}}
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{{Infobox mountain
| name=Long Range Mountains
| other_name='' Mekapiisk'' ([[Mi'kmaq language|Mi'kmaq]])<ref name="mikmaw"/>
| photo=Western Brook Pond.JPG
| photo_alt=body of water with mountains in background
| photo_size=275
| photo_caption=Western Brook Pond, a fjord in the Long Range Mountains.<br />([[Gros Morne National Park]], [[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]])
| country=Canada
| region=Newfoundland and Labrador| region_type=Province
| parent=[[Appalachian Mountains]]
| highest=[[The Cabox]]
| elevation_m=812
| coordinates = {{coord|48|49|59|N|58|29|03|W|type:mountain_region:CA_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline}}
| coordinates_ref = <ref name=cgndb_hp>{{cite cgndb|id=ACKGE |title=The Cabox|access-date=2025-09-09}}</ref>
| map=Canada Newfoundland
| map_caption=Location in Newfoundland
| range_coordinates = {{coord|49|19|30|N|57|48|15|W|type:mountain_region:CA_scale:300000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| range_coordinates_ref=<ref name=cgndb>{{cite cgndb|id=AANEE|name=Long Range Mountains|access-date=2025-09-08}}</ref>
}}

The '''Long Range Mountains''' are a series of [[mountain]]s along the west coast of the [[Canada|Canadian]] island of [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]]. The Long Range Mountains are a [[List of subranges of the Appalachian Mountains|subrange]] which forms the northernmost section of the [[Appalachian Mountains|Appalachian]] mountain chain on the eastern seaboard of [[North America]].  

In 2003 it was announced that the [[International Appalachian Trail]] would be extended through the Long Range Mountains. A portion of the trail opened in 2006.

==Description==
The Great Northern Peninsula of Western Newfoundland contains the [[Highland]]s, the largest external [[basement (geology)|basement]] [[massif]] of the [[Grenville Orogeny]] in the [[Appalachian Orogen]].  This [[Precambrian]] basement is known as the Long Range [[Inlier]], Long Range Complex or Basement [[Gneiss]] Complex, consisting of [[quartz]]-[[feldspar]] gneisses and [[granite]]s that are up to 1,550&nbsp;million years in age. The [[Long Range dikes]] are [[mafic]] in composition and have an age of about 605&nbsp;million years.<ref name="Williams">{{cite book|last1=Williams|first1=Harold|title=Geology of the Appalachian-Caledonian Orogen in Canada and Greenland, Geology of Canada, no. 6|date=1995|publisher=Geological Survey of Canada|location=Canada|isbn=0-660-13134-X|pages=50-54,63,67-68,637}}</ref> 

Running along the [[Gulf of St. Lawrence]], the range includes the following sections:

* [[Anguille Mountains]],
* [[Lewis Hills]],
* Tablelands (a section of the Earth's [[Mantle (geology)|mantle]] exposed at the surface)
* main section of the Long Range Mountains (running northeast from the Tablelands through [[Gros Morne National Park]])

==Highest peaks==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rank
! Name
! m
! ft
|-
! 1
| [[The Cabox]] || 812 || 2671
|-
! 2
| [[Gros Morne, Newfoundland|Gros Morne]] || 807 || 2644
|-
! 3
| Blue Mountain || 800 || 2625
|-
! 4
| [[Big Level]]|| 795 || 2608
|-
! 5
| Round Hill || 763 || 2653
|-
! 6
| [[Rocky Harbour Hill]]|| 756 || 2480
|-
! 7
| [[Mount Saint Gregory]]|| 686 || 2251
|-
! 8
| [[Gros Paté]]|| 673 || 2208
|-
! 9
| Big Hill || 659 || 2162
|-
! 10
| Old Crow || 649 || 2129
|}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:NLW Table1 tango7174.jpg|Table Mountain ({{convert|518|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=sqbr}}) along the Trans-Canada Highway
File:NLW GrosMorne1 tango7174.jpg|The Long Range Mountains in Gros Morne National Park
</gallery>

== See also ==
{{Commons}}
* [[Avalonia]]
* [[List of subranges of the Appalachian Mountains]]

==References==
{{Reflist |refs=
<ref name="mikmaw">{{cite book |url=http://www.oocities.org/pilip/land.htm |title =KIILUSUAQANEY WI'KATIKIIN |first=John |last=Hewson |publisher=Department of Linguistics, Memorial University of Newfoundland |year=1978}}</ref>
}}

{{Mountains of Newfoundland and Labrador}}
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[[Category:Mountain ranges of Newfoundland and Labrador]]
[[Category:Subranges of the Appalachian Mountains]]