The '''Pacific Coast Ranges''' designation, however, only applies to the Western System of the Western Cordillera,<ref name="S. Holland, 1976">S. Holland, ''Landforms of [[British Columbia]]'', BC Govt. 1976.</ref> which comprises the [[Saint Elias Mountains]], [[Coast Mountains]], [[Insular Mountains]], [[Olympic Mountains]], [[Cascade Range]], [[Oregon Coast Range]], [[California Coast Ranges]], [[Transverse Ranges]], [[Peninsular Ranges]], and the [[Sierra Madre Occidental]].
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==Other uses==
The term ''Coast Range'' is used by the [[United States Geological Survey]] to refer only to the ranges south of the [[Strait of Juan de Fuca]] in Washington to the California-Mexico border, and to those west of [[Puget Sound]], the [[Willamette Valley]], and the [[Sacramento Valley|Sacramento]] and [[San Joaquin Valley|San Joaquin]] valleys (the [[California Central Valley]]).
That definition excludes the [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]] and [[Cascade Range]]s, the [[Mojave Desert|Mojave]] [[High Desert (California)|''(High)'']], and [[Sonoran Desert|Sonoran]] [[Low Desert|''(Low)'']] Deserts.<ref>{{cite gnis |id=252293 |name=Coast Ranges |access-date=2007-07-30 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> i.e. the [[Pacific Border province]]. The same term is used informally in Canada to refer to the [[Coast Mountains]] and adjoining inland ranges such as the [[Hazelton Mountains]], and sometimes also the [[Saint Elias Mountains]].
