Mount Klotz
| 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: | NE side Mount Revelstoke National Park, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°07'10"N, 117°59'05"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 5 December 1957 on Mount Revelstoke Park sheet (file B.2.41). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after Otto J. Klotz of the Dominion Topographic Survey staff, who carried out surveys and explorations in the Selkirk Mountains in the 1880's. (September 1957 letter from R.C. West, file B.2.41) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |