Tanaku Mountain
| 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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| Relative Location: | On BC-Alaska boundary, SW of Skagway, Alaska, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 58°54'22"N, 137°31'35"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 114I/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Tanaku is reportedly the Tlingit name for the feature that Captain Cook named "Fairweather Mountain". Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |