Chaba Icefield
| Feature Type: | Icefield - Irregularly shaped mass of permanent snow and ice, generally forming the accumulation area of two or more glaciers. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | S end Hamber Provincial Park, extending into Jasper National Park in Alberta, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°16'59"N, 117°51'04"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83C/5 |
| Related Maps: |
83C/4 83C/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Chaba Peak & Icefield adopted in the 17th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1921, as labelled on BC-Alberta boundary sheet 23, surveyed in 1920. See Chaba Peak. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |