Mount Buxton
| 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: | NE side of Calvert Island, Smith Sound, NW of entrance to Rivers Inlet, Range 2 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°35'30"N, 127°59'02"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92M/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Mount Buxton adopted 3 June 1947 on C.3727, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart #1923B, 1867 et seq, and on BC map 2E, 1924. Significance not recorded. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |