Mount Sir John Abbott
Feature Type:Mount - Variation of Mountain: Mass of land prominently elevated above the surrounding terrain, bounded by steep slopes and rising to a summit and/or peaks. ["Mount" preceding the name usually indicates that the feature is named after a person.]
Status: Official
Name Authority: BC Geographical Names Office
Relative Location: SW side of Kiwa Glacier, W of Valemount in the Premier Range, Cariboo Land District
Latitude-Longitude: 52°48'38"N, 119°47'39"W at the approximate centre of this feature.
Datum: WGS84
NTS Map: 83D/13
Other Recorded Names:
Mount Abbott
Origin Notes and History:

Adopted 6 September 1927 by Order in Council. Elevation 11,192 feet (3380+m)

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office

Named after the Right Honourable Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott (1821-1893), Canada's 3rd Prime Minister, 1891-92.
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Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office