Defender 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: | Just W of BC-Alberta boundary in Height of the Rockies Provincial Park, E of Invermere, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°36'04"N, 115°17'27"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82J/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Mount Defender adopted in the 18th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1924, as labelled on BC-Alberta Boundary map #10, surveyed in 1916, published in 1917; form of name changed to Defender Mountain 14 September 1966 on 82J/11. 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 the British destroyer "Defender", engaged in the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |