Mount Adrian
| 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: | E of Buttle Lake, NW of Mount Alexandra, Comox Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°45'22"N, 125°31'46"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/13 |
| Related Maps: |
92F/11 92F/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 12 December 1939 on 92F/11, as submitted with a list of names for Forbidden Plateau & environs in September 1935 by Ruth Masters, Comox & District Mountaineering Club. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Mr. Adrian B. Paul, farmer, naturalist, climber and long-time resident of Comox Valley (no further explanation as to why Mr. Paul would be singled out in this manner) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |