Mount Jacobsen
Mount Jacobsen | |
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Mount Jacobsen Location of Mount Jacobsen in British Columbia | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,031 m (9,944 ft) |
Coordinates | 52°03′29″N 126°11′19″W / 52.058°N 126.1886°WCoordinates: 52°03′29″N 126°11′19″W / 52.058°N 126.1886°W |
Geography | |
Location | British Columbia, Canada |
District | Range 3 Coast Land District |
Parent range | Pacific Ranges |
Topo map | NTS 93D1 |
Mount Jacobsen, 3031 m (9944 feet),[1] is a mountain in the northernmost Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada, located to the south of the Bella Coola Valley and immediately south of , to the west of the valley of the Talchako River.[2]
The Noeick River begins at the Noeick Glacier on the northwest side of the peak at 52°06′00″N 126°16′00″W / 52.10000°N 126.26667°W.[3] In the same massif and immediately west of the peak of Mount Jacobsen is West Jacobsen Peak, 2971 m (9747 feet)[4] at 52°03′25″N 126°12′09″W / 52.05694°N 126.20250°W.[5][6] Ape Glacier, named in association with and , is on the north side of the Jacobsen massif.[7] at 52°05′00″N 126°12′00″W / 52.08333°N 126.20000°W.
Name origin[]
Mount Jacobsen and West Jacobsen Peak are named for B.F. Jacobsen, who settled in the Bella Coola Valley prior to 1890 and was who encouraged the Reverend , the namesake of Mount Saugstad, to move his colony of Norwegian immigrants to Bella Coola from Minnesota.[8]
References[]
- ^ Bivouac Mountain Encyclopedia entry
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Mount Jacobsen"
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Noeick Glacier"
- ^ Bivouac Mountain Encyclopedia entry
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Noeick Glacier"
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Noeick River"
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Ape Glacier"
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Mount Saugstad"
- British Columbia Coast geography stubs
- Pacific Ranges
- Norwegian Canadian history
- Three-thousanders of British Columbia
- Range 3 Coast Land District