Deltaform 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 N end Kootenay National Park, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°18'05"N, 116°14'42"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 6th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1906. So-labelled on BC map 1EM, 1915, and on BC-Alberta boundary sheet 15, 1917. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1897. Descriptive, from its similarity to the Greek letter Δ, delta. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |