Ipsoot 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: | W of head of Pemberton Creek, W of Pemberton, Lillooet Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°19'31"N, 122°59'30"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92J/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 22 June 1967 on 92J. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"...named by first ascent party [date not specified]. The name means "hidden" in Chinook jargon and this peak is indeed hidden from both adjacent valleys..." (February 1967 letter from Dick Culbert, author of Climber's Guide to the Coastal Ranges of British Columbia, file C.1.64) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |