| Feature Type: | Glacier - Mass of permanent snow and ice flowing from an area of snow accumulation on higher ground. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Head of Nagha Creek, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 57°24'59"N, 130°43'06"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104G/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 11 Novemver 1980 on 104G/10 as submitted by the Geological Survey of Canada. Likely named in association with Nagha Creek. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Nagha recorded as being the Tahltan word for "wolverine" (Charles Francis Palgrave, " A Grammar and Dictionary of the Language Spoken by te Tahltans on the Stikine River, B.C., A Tribe belonging to the Tinne Branch of North American Indians," p. 126) Named "Nagha" because during time of survey a wolverine frequently visited a sheep carcass on the ice nearby the party (L.I. 15.11.79; T.2.54). Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |