Nowitka 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: | S. of head of Findlay Creek, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°55'11"N, 116°24'08"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82F/16 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 15 December 1950, as identified in "The Purcell Range of British Columbia" by Dr. J. Munroe Thorington, published by the American Alpine Club, 1946, pp 92-108. Apparently also so-labelled on a 1931 map drawn by Thorington, submitted to the Geographic Board of Canada in 1937. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |