| Feature Type: | Range (2) - Group or chain of mountains or hills. |
| Status: |
Official
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| Name Authority: |
BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: |
Extends from Mess Lake to head of Little Iskut River at S end of Mount Edziza Provincial Park, SE of Telegraph Creek (community), Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: |
57°23'59"N, 130°41'59"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: |
WGS84 |
| NTS Map: |
104G/7 |
Origin Notes and History:
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Spectrum Mountains adopted 24 July 1945 on 104/SE; not "Rainbow Mountains" as labelled on BC Lands map 5C, Stikine, 1929. Form of name changed to Spectrum Range 6 May 1954 on 104G, in accordance with description and extent in Hugh Bostock's memoir 247.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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