Mount Poletica
| Feature Type: | Mount - Variation of Mountain: Mass of land prominently elevated above the surrounding terrain, bounded by steep slopes and rising to a summit and/or peaks. ["Mount" preceding the name usually indicates that the feature is named after a person.] |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | On BC-Alaska boundary, at SW side of Atlin Provincial Park, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 59°07'54"N, 134°29'01"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104M/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 18th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1924. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After M. Pierre de Poletica, former Russian minister to the United States, and a plenipotentiary in Russian negotiations with the United States in 1824 regarding the Alaskan Boundary. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |