| Feature Type: | Mountain - Mass of land prominently elevated above the surrounding terrain, bounded by steep slopes and rising to a summit and/or peaks. |
| Status: |
Not official
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| Other Names: |
Silver Star MountainOfficial
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| Relative Location: |
NE of Vernon, Osoyoos Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: |
50°22'10"N, 119°03'49"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: |
WGS84 |
| NTS Map: |
82L/6 |
Origin Notes and History:
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Aberdeen Mountain adopted 7 February 1922, as labelled in 1899 BC Mines Report; form of name changed to Mount Aberdeen 7 February 1951. Name changed to Silver Star Mountain 6 June 1952, the entrenched local name. See Aberdeen Lake.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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