Austerity 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: | In Adamant Range, W of Columbia Reach, Kinbasket Lake, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°44'03"N, 117°54'38"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 18th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1924, as labelled on Department of Interior map, Donald, 1913, and on BC map 1EM, 1915. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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The mountain is unusually rugged and precipitous. Photograph of Austerity Mountain appears opp. pages 266, 332, 336 & 343 in Howard Palmer's "Mountaineering & Explorations in the Selkirks", 1914. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |