Pommel 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: | Between Kitchi Creek and McGregor River, SW of Mount Sir Alexander, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°54'59"N, 120°27'02"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93H/16 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 24 February 1965 on 93H/16, as labelled on 1929 survey plan 10T264, McGregor River area, by A.J. Campbell, BCLS, and as identified in the 1953 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Presumably named by A.J. Campbell. A descriptive name: a pommel is the knob-like protuberance at the front of a saddle, and this feature is located at the end (and is the highest summit) of an undulating ridgeline extending southwesterly from Mount Sir Alexander. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |