Mount Copeland
| 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 NW of Revelstoke, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°07'23"N, 118°25'20"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82M/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Copeland Mountain adopted 16 February 1909 on Otawa file OBF 0020; subsequently changed to Mount Copeland. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Professor Ralph Copeland (1837 - 1905), Astronomer Royal for Scotland. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |