Mount Saugstad

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Mount Saugstad
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Mount Saugstad
Location of Mount Saugstad in British Columbia
Highest point
Elevation 2,908 m (9,541 ft) [1] [2]
Prominence 1,850 m (6,070 ft) [1] [2]
Listing Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates 52°15′47″N126°31′41″W / 52.26306°N 126.52806°W / 52.26306; -126.52806 [3]
Geography
Location British Columbia, Canada
District Range 3 Coast Land District
Parent range Pacific Ranges
Topo map NTS   93D7 Bella Coola [3]

Mount Saugstad is a mountain in the northernmost Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada. It is located just south of the community of Hagensborg in the Bella Coola Valley and is immediately southeast of Snootli Peak and also southeast of Big Snow Mountain. [3] The Smitley River has its origins on the west side of the summit [4] at the Saugstad Glacier, which is at 52°15′48″N126°31′36″W / 52.26333°N 126.52667°W / 52.26333; -126.52667 [5]

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Name origin

Mount Saugstad was named for the Reverend Christian Saugstad, the leader of a Norwegian colony in Minnesota who was encouraged to move the colony to Bella Coola by settler B.F. Jacobsen, who had moved to the area prior to 1890. The Reverend Saugstad was the pastor of the local congregation until his death in 1897. [6] Mount Jacobsen to the southeast was named for B.F. Jacobsen, [7] as was the adjacent West Jacobsen Peak in the same massif following suit. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Mount Saugstad". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  2. 1 2 "Mount Saugstad". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  3. 1 2 3 "Mount Saugstad". BC Geographical Names . Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  4. BC Names/GeoBC entry "Smitley River"
  5. "Saugstad Glacier". BC Geographical Names . Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  6. BC Names/GeoBC entry "Mount Saugstad"
  7. BC Names/GeoBC entry "Mount Jacobsen"
  8. BC Names/GeoBC entry "West Jacobsen Peak"