| Language of origin | Italian language |
| 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: | Between heads of Elk and White Rivers, in Height of the Rockies Provincial Park E of Invermere, Kootenay Land District |
| Tags: | World War I |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°26'31"N, 115°07'10"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82J/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 23 February 1918 by the Geographic Board of Canada, as labelled on BC-Alberta Boundary sheet #9, surveyed in 1916, published in 1917. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1916 by interprovincial boundary surveyors, after the Duke of Abruzzi, Luigi Amedeo Guiseppe Maria Ferdinando Francesco, Prince of Savoy-Aosta (1873-1933); Arctic explorer, mountaineer, Vice Admiral in the Italian Royal Navy before World War I, then commander in chief of the Adriatic Fleet through 1917. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Named after Luigi Amades di Savoia-Aosta (1873 - 1933), the duke of Abruzzi, who was famous for his exploits as a alpinist and arctic explorer, [and who] served as the Commander-in-Chief of the Italian Navy, 1915-1917. He was noted for his vocal prowess, and a political cartoon of the time depicted a sailor saying: '...we might win this war yet, if only we had guns the calibre of his mouth!' " (Place Names in Elk Lakes Provincial Park, manuscript by A. Simpson, park ranger, August 2001) Source: included with note |