Mount Shackleton
| 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: | In the Clemenceau Icefield, E of Cummins Lakes Provincial Park, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°11'00"N, 117°54'11"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83C/4 |
Ministry of Land, Water and Resource Stewardship - GeoBC Branch
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in 1923, as labelled on BC-Alberta boundary sheet #24. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1923 by BC-Alberta Boundary surveyors after Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874-1922), Antarctic explorer who had died the previous year on his 4th expedition to the South Pole. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |