Kawdy Plateau
| Feature Type: | Plateau - Extensive, elevated region, with either level terrain, or nearly uniform summit levels. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Between Nahlin and Tuya Rivers, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 59°14'59"N, 131°30'07"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104O/3 |
| Related Maps: |
104J 104J/14 104J/15 104O/3 104O/4 104O/5 104O/6 |
|
|
Origin Notes and History:
|
Adopted 23 March 1944 for Geological Survey map 922A, Canadian Cordillera. Reapproved 21 December 1944 on 104/NE. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
|
"Known locally as Kawdy Mountain [sic], a loosely-used term that has been applied both to the plateau as a whole and the highest isolated mountain on it. Meaning of the word not known." (February 1944 notation by W.H. Mathews, BC Mines Dept.) Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |