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
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Name Authority: |
BC Geographical Names Office |
Relative Location: |
Between Cassiar and Dall Rivers, S of Turnagain River, Cassiar Land District |
Latitude-Longitude: |
58°35'14"N, 127°57'45"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
Datum: |
WGS84 |
NTS Map: |
94L/12 |
Origin Notes and History:
Sharktooth Mountain adopted 6 September 1951 on 94L, not "Shark Tooth Mountain" as spelled in BC Mines Bulletin # 12: Reconnaissance in the Area of Turnagain and Upper Kechika Rivers, by M.S. Hedley and S.S. Holland, 1941.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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