Mount Aragorn
| 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: | Just N of NE corner of Birkenhead Lake Provincial Park, N of Pemberton, Lillooet Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°38'33"N, 122°42'22"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92J/10 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Mount Aragorn adopted 23 January 1979 on 92J/NE, as proposed in October 1978 by Karl Ricker (file P.1.65), in turn as identified in UBC's 1972 Varsity Outdoors Club Journal. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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First recorded ascent, 1972: P. Jordan, F. Thiessen, E. White (VOCJ, 1972). The names for Mounts Aragorn, Gandalf & Shadowfax were taken from the novel "Lord of the Rings" - apparently one or more volumes of J.R. Tolkien's trilogy were read on stormy days during the 1972 trip. (Ricker). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |