| Language of origin | Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit, Na-Dene language family Tāłtān language |
| 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 |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | E side of upper Nahlin River between Kawdy and Seguthooth Creeks, W of N end of Dease Lake, Cassiar Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 58°52'52"N, 131°14'00"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104J/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 23 March 1944 as submitted by BC Mines Dept. for Geological Survey map 922A, but not included thereon. Reapproved 2 October 1952 on 104J. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Kawdy" is the local name, referring both to the mountain itself and to the surrounding plateau. Correspondence re: whether the name for the isolated feature should be Kawdy Mtn or Kawdy Peak (file D.1.52). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named by geologists P. Watson and W.H. Mathews. [Note: geologist Chanone Ryane advises that the feature Watson & Mathews named "Kawdy Mountain" in 1944, interpreted in geological literature by Mathews in 1947 as: "a volcano that had erupted under ice, forming a large fragmental cone several hundred meters in height on top of a lava plateau..." is actually the edifice located about 11km northeast of here, the highest point on the Kawdy Plateau at 58° 58' 24" - 131° 09' 14" - ie. the text "Kawdy Mountain" has been positioned in the wrong location on topographic map 104J, 1952 onwards... (April 2011 advice from PhD candidate C.Ryane, UBC) Source: included with note |