Mount Somolenko
| 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: | S of Silverthrone Mountain, between Klinaklini and Kingcome Glaciers NW of head of Knight Inlet, Range 2 Coast Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°28'09"N, 126°06'09"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92M/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 28 March 1967 on 92M. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named to remember Royal Canadian Air Force Leading Aircraftman Nicholas Somolenko, R143027, from New Westminster; flying air operations over Europe when his aircraft was shot down 7 June 1944. With no known grave LAC Somolenko's name is inscribed on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, UK, panel 256. Survived by parents John and Ephresinia Somolenko, New Westminster. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |