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 |
Origin Notes and History:
This is Captain Cook's Fairweather Mountain, subsequently translated as "Mt. Beautemps" by La Pérouse, 1786.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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