Feature Type: | Glacier - Mass of permanent snow and ice flowing from an area of snow accumulation on higher ground. |
Status: |
Official
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Name Authority: |
BC Geographical Names Office |
Relative Location: |
On BC-Alberta boundary at head of Geikie Creek in Mount Robson Provincial Park, Cariboo Land District |
Latitude-Longitude: |
52°40'29"N, 118°19'04"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
Datum: |
WGS84 |
NTS Map: |
83D/9 |
Origin Notes and History:
Adopted 17 January 1951 on Jasper Park (North) sheet, as labelled on BC-Alberta boundary sheet #28, published in 1924 from surveys in 1921. Named in association with Bennington Peak.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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