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: |
W side of Nicola River between heads of Shakan and Nuaitch Creeks, NW of Merritt, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
Latitude-Longitude: |
50°10'46"N, 121°13'09"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
Datum: |
WGS84 |
NTS Map: |
92I/3 |
Origin Notes and History:
Mimenuh Mountain adopted 6 October 1936 on 92I, as labelled on Dominion Sectional Sheet 61, Lytton, 1917; not "Mi-mein-ooh" as spelled on Geological Survey sheet 557, Kamloops, 1895. Mimenuh Mountain re-approved 2 March 1950 on 92I.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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