| 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 Liard River just SE of Lower Post (locality), Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 59°39'50"N, 128°22'20"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104P/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Monckton Mountain adopted 21 December 1944 on 104NE. Form of name changed to Mount Monckton 16 January 1950 on 104P, in same position (file Mc.1.49). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Labelled in wrong location on federal 1:250,000 map 104P (ed. 1, 2 & 3) at 59 40 - 128 45. Labelled correctly on 104 P/9 ed.1. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after Philip Marmaduke Monckton, BCLS, who carried out extensive surveys in northern British Columbia for the provincial government, and who first occupied this triangulation station. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |