Mount Shadowfax
| Language of origin | English language |
| 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: | Not official |
| Other Names: | Mount GandalfOfficial |
| Relative Location: | S of Mount Aragorn at NE corner of Birkenhead Lake Provincial Park, N of Pemberton, Lillooet Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°37'56"N, 122°42'07"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92J/10 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Mount Shadowfax adopted 23 January 1979 on 92J/NE, at 50° 37' 55" x 122° 42' 00" as proposed in October 1978 by Karl Ricker (file P.1.65). Name changed to Mount Gandalf 4 December 2006 on 92J/10 as recommended in March 2006 by Scott Nelson and endorsed by the BC Mountaineering Club; "Gandalf" is the name originally given to this feature by the first climbing party, and as long-identified in mountaineering guidebooks and known in the mountaineering and search-and-rescue communities (file P.1.65) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |