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
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Name Authority: |
BC Geographical Names Office |
Relative Location: |
Just N of head of Bute Inlet, Range 1 Coast Land District |
Latitude-Longitude: |
50°59'42"N, 124°51'04"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
Datum: |
WGS84 |
NTS Map: |
92K/15 |
Origin Notes and History:
Adopted 5 February 1924 at 51° 00' - 124° 49' as labelled on BC map 2C, 1919. Altered application 15 January 1987 on 92K/15 to 50° 59' 30" - 124° 51' 00" (1927 datum) as labelled on British Admiralty chart 580, 1867 et seq. Origin/significance not recorded.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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Elevation: 6900 feet as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 580, 1867, and on BC map 2C, 1919. Elevation: 7140 feet according to (undated) calculation by Don Munday. Elevation: 7000 feet per Culbert's Climber's Guide to the Coastal Ranges, 1965, p.195, "...located 1¼ miles southwest of Mt Teaquahan..." Elevation: 7326 feet as labelled on federal 1:50,000 map 92K/15, located at 50° 59' 30" - 124° 51' 00" (1927 datum). Elevation 2250m / 7382 feet as labelled on provincial 1:20,000 TRIM 92K.096, the summit located 4494m / 2.79 miles southwest of the summit of Teaquahan Mtn at 50° 59' 43" - 124° 51' 04" (1983 datum).
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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