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: |
In the Sawback Range SW of junction of Chutine and Stikine Rivers, SW of Telegraph Creek (community), Cassiar Land District |
Latitude-Longitude: |
57°34'38"N, 131°54'26"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
Datum: |
WGS84 |
NTS Map: |
104G/12 |
Origin Notes and History:
Adopted in 1935 on Geological Survey sheet 309A, Stikine River area, as submitted in February 1930 by R. Dickison, Dominion Topographic staff (Ottawa file OBF 1274); a well-established local name used by navigators of river and prospectors. Re-approved 6 May 1954 on 104G.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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