# Stikine Plateau

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Plateau in British Columbia, Canada

Stikine Plateau Plateau Approximate boundaries of the Stikine Plateau Coordinates: 58°30′N 130°30′W / 58.500°N 130.500°W / 58.500; -130.500[1] Location British Columbia, Canada Part of Intermontane Plateaus

The **Stikine Plateau** is a [plateau](/source/Plateau) in northern [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia), Canada. It lies between the [Boundary Ranges](/source/Boundary_Ranges) of the [Coast Mountains](/source/Coast_Mountains) on the west and southwest and the [Cassiar Mountains](/source/Cassiar_Mountains) along its northeast, and between the [Skeena Mountains](/source/Skeena_Mountains) on its south and southeast and the [Jennings](/source/Jennings_River) and [Nakina Rivers](/source/Nakina_River) on the north.[2]

## Sub-plateaus and mountain ranges

The plateau has a number of sub-plateaus:[3]

- the [Spatsizi Plateau](/source/Spatsizi_Plateau) is the southeasternmost and occupies the area between the [Skeena Mountains](/source/Skeena_Mountains) and includes the headwaters of the [Stikine River](/source/Stikine_River) and the basin of the [Spatsizi River](/source/Spatsizi_River).

- the [Tanzilla Plateau](/source/Tanzilla_Plateau) lies north of the [Stikine River](/source/Stikine_River) and to the east of the [Tuya River](/source/Tuya_River) and includes the basin of the [Tanzilla River](/source/Tanzilla_River) and the headwaters of the [Dease River](/source/Dease_River) around [Dease Lake](/source/Dease_Lake_(British_Columbia)) and the community of the same name. The upper portion of the [Grand Canyon of the Stikine](/source/Grand_Canyon_of_the_Stikine), a lava-walled gorge which is cut into the larger Stikine Plateau by that river, begins on the southern edge of this plateau downstream from the community of [Telegraph Creek](/source/Telegraph_Creek%2C_British_Columbia).

- the [Klastline Plateau](/source/Klastline_Plateau) lies south of the [Stikine River](/source/Stikine_River) to the north of the [Klappan Range](/source/Klappan_Range) of the Skeena Mountains and includes the headwaters of the [Iskut River](/source/Iskut_River). The communities of [Eddontenajon](/source/Eddontenajon) and [Iskut](/source/Iskut%2C_British_Columbia) are located on this plateau, which is traversed by [BC Highway 37](/source/British_Columbia_provincial_highway_37) from north to south.

- the [Nahlin Plateau](/source/Nahlin_Plateau) lies west of the [Tuya River](/source/Tuya_River), north of the [Tahltan River](/source/Tahltan_River), southwest of the [Sheslay River](/source/Sheslay_River) and southwest of the [Nahlin River](/source/Nahlin_River); both of the latter are in the basin of the [Taku River](/source/Taku_River), via the [Inklin](/source/Inklin_River). It includes [Heart Peaks](/source/Heart_Peaks) and the [Level Mountain Range](/source/Level_Mountain_Range), the latter of which is a cluster of bare volcanic peaks on the broad summit of [Level Mountain](/source/Level_Mountain).

- the [Kawdy Plateau](/source/Kawdy_Plateau) lies to the north of the Nahlin River, to the west of the Tuya River and includes the low but rugged [Atsutla Range](/source/Atsutla_Range), which lies in the angle of the [Jennings](/source/Jennings_River) and [Teslin Rivers](/source/Teslin_River).

- the [Taku Plateau](/source/Taku_Plateau) lies to the west of the Nahlin and Kawdy Plateaus and is located roughly in the angle of the [Nakina](/source/Nakina_River) and [Inklin Rivers](/source/Inklin_River), though including areas on the far side of the lower sections of both rivers.

- the [Tahltan Highland](/source/Tahltan_Highland), which may also be considered to be a part of the [Coast Mountains](/source/Coast_Mountains), is an intermediary area of relatively lower mountains between the Boundary Ranges and the Taku and Nahlin Plateaus, being bounded roughly by the Inklin and Tahltan Rivers on its northeast flank. It also includes a large area south of the Stikine, including the [Mount Edziza](/source/Mount_Edziza) massif and the [Spectrum Range](/source/Spectrum_Range). Its southern limit is described by a pass between upper [Mess Creek](/source/Mess_Creek) and the valley of the [Iskut River](/source/Iskut_River) to the south of the Spectrum Range, and it is bounded at its southeastern extremity by the Iskut, across which is the Klappan Range of the Skeena Mountains.

## See also

- [Interior Mountains](/source/Interior_Mountains)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["BC Geographical Names"](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/35882.html). *apps.gov.bc.ca*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20241217074600/https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/35882.html) from the original on December 17, 2024. Retrieved September 20, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Stikine Plateau"](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/35882.html). *[BC Geographical Names](/source/BC_Geographical_Names)*. Government of British Columbia – B.C. Geographical Names Office (BCGNO).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [*Map of the Canadian Cordillera*](http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/DL/GSBPubs/Bulletin/Bull48/Bull48-physiographic-map.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20050509045439/http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/DL/GSBPubs/Bulletin/Bull48/Bull48-physiographic-map.pdf) May 9, 2005, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine), ancillary document to [*Landforms of British Columbia*, S. Holland, Bulletin 48, Ministry of Energy, Mines and Resources, BC Govt, 1976](http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/DL/GSBPubs/Bulletin/Bull48/Bull48-txt.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20050509050734/http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/DL/GSBPubs/Bulletin/Bull48/Bull48-txt.pdf) May 9, 2005, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

v t e Plateaus and highlands of British Columbia Interior Plateau Fraser Cariboo Chilcotin Dil-Dil Quesnel Nechako McGregor Okanagan Thompson Bonaparte Nicoamen Shuswap Stikine Plateau Kawdy Klastline Nahlin Spatsizi Tagish Tahltan Arctic Lake Big Raven Kitsu Taku Tanzilla Yukon Plateau Dease Nisutlin Teslin Vancouver Island Forbidden Interior Plains Alberta

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