The Palliser Range is a mountain range

Mountain range

A mountain range is a single, large mass consisting of a succession of mountains or narrowly spaced mountain ridges, with or without peaks, closely related in position, direction, formation, and age; a component part of a mountain system or of a mountain chain...

 of the Canadian Rockies

Canadian Rockies

The Canadian Rockies comprise the Canadian segment of the North American Rocky Mountains range. They are the eastern part of the Canadian Cordillera, extending from the Interior Plains of Alberta to the Rocky Mountain Trench of British Columbia. The southern end borders Idaho and Montana of the USA...

 that lies in the extreme southeast corner of Banff National Park

Banff National Park

Banff National Park is Canada's oldest national park, established in 1885 in the Rocky Mountains. The park, located 110–180 kilometres west of Calgary in the province of Alberta, encompasses of mountainous terrain, with numerous glaciers and ice fields, dense coniferous forest, and alpine...

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The Palliser Range is part of the East Banff Ranges of the Central Front Canadian Rockies

Canadian Rockies

The Canadian Rockies comprise the Canadian segment of the North American Rocky Mountains range. They are the eastern part of the Canadian Cordillera, extending from the Interior Plains of Alberta to the Rocky Mountain Trench of British Columbia. The southern end borders Idaho and Montana of the USA...

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Lake Minnewanka

Lake Minnewanka

Lake Minnewanka is a glacial lake located in the eastern area of Banff National Park in Canada, about five kilometres northeast of the Banff townsite...

 marks the southern boundary of the range while the Bare Range

Bare Range

The Bare Range is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies, located south of the Red Deer River valley in Banff National Park, Canada. The range is named for the "bareness" of the gentle slopes of the range, namely the lack of trees....

 marks the northern boundary. Its eastern reaches are marked by the Blackrock Mountain

Blackrock Mountain

Blackrock Mountain is a mountain on the eastern fringe of the Canadian Rockies in Alberta, Canada.It is located on the north-eastern edge of Kananaskis Country, almost directly west of Calgary...

 of the Ghost River Area. The range was named by the Palliser Expedition

Palliser Expedition

The British North American Exploring Expedition, commonly called the Palliser Expedition, explored and surveyed the open prairies and rugged wilderness of western Canada from 1857 to 1860. The purpose was to explore possible routes for the Canadian Pacific Railway and discover new species of plants...

 as it appears on one of the maps produced by the expedition. The range gives the name to the Palliser Formation

Palliser Formation

The Palliser Formation is a stratigraphical unit of Famennian age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. found in the ranges of the Canadian Rockies and foothills....

, a stratigraphical unit prominently featured in the mountains of this range.

This range includes the following mountains and peaks:

Mountain/Peak	Elevation
Mount Aylmer Mount Aylmer Mount Aylmer is a mountain in Banff National Park, Canada. At , it is the highest point of the Palliser Range and the entire East Banff Ranges of the Canadian Rockies. The mountain was named in 1890 by J.J. McArthur after his hometown of Aylmer, Quebec....	3162 m (10,374 ft)
Puma Peak	3120 m (10,236 ft)
Revenant Mountain	3065 m (10,056 ft)
Apparition Mountain Apparition Mountain Apparition Mountain was named in 1963 by T.W. Swaddle. It is located in the Palliser Range in Alberta....	3002 m (9,849 ft)
Mount Astley Mount Astley Mount Astley is named after Charles D'Oyley Astley. It is located in the Palliser Range in Alberta....	2869 m (9,413 ft)