Gataga 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: | N side of junction of Kechika and Gataga Rivers, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 58°38'30"N, 126°54'45"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 94L/10 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 September 1951 on 94L, as identified in BC Mines Bulletin #12, 1941. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named (in 1940 ?) by N.C. Stewart, BCLS, in association with Gataga River, in turn adapted from the Sekani name for the river, Tadadzè' (Guzagi K'úgé, published by Kaska Tribal Council, Watson Lake, 1997). Origin/meaning not provided. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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See Gataga River for name origin. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |