Santa Cruz de Nuca 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: | Behind Plumper Harbour at SE side of Nootka Island, Nootka Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°40'54"N, 126°40'30"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92E/10 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 10 January 1935 on C.345, as submitted by Hydrographic Service. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named by H.D. Parizeau to recall the name given by the Spaniards to Nootka Sound: "Santa Cruz de Nuca". Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |