Aurora Mountain
| Feature Type: | Mountain - Mass of land prominently elevated above the surrounding terrain, bounded by steep slopes and rising to a summit and/or peaks. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | On BC-Alberta boundary at S end of Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°49'37"N, 115°33'39"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82J/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Mount Aurora adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer, as labelled on BC-Alberta boundary sheet # 12, surveyed in 1916, published in 1917. Form of name adjusted to Aurora Mountain 3 October 1957. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1916 by interprovincial boundary surveyors after HMS Aurora, a Royal Navy cruiser engaged in a North Sea battle, 24 January 1915. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |