Alpha 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 Lake Lovely Water in Tantalus Provincial Park, just NW of Brackendale, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°47'43"N, 123°16'32"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 June 1957 on 92 G/14, as listed in the 1953 BC Gazetteer, and as labelled on Neal Carter's map of Tantalus Range (date not cited). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named by Basil S. Darling and Alan B. Morkill, soon after they made the first ascent in 1914, alluding to ALPHA, the first letter of the Greek alphabet, because this peak is the first (southeast) summit of the Alpha-Serratus-Tantalus-Zenith Ridge, and also because of its form. (April 1940 letter from W. H. Matthews, file S.3.51) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |