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Kitimat

Feature
Point
Name Kitimat
Indigenous Language of Origin Ts'msyen (Tsimshian)
Toponymic Feature ID 84613acec6be11d892e2080020a0f4c9
Key JCMDB
Status Official
Concise Term MUN1-Other Municipal-District Area-Major Agglom.
Generic Term District Municipality
Location Range 5 Coast Land District
Province/Territory British Columbia
Latitude - Longitude (DMS) 54° 3′ 12″ N, 128° 39′ 8″ W
Latitude - Longitude (decimal) 54.053333, -128.652222
NTS Map Number 103I02
Relevance at Scale 1:7 500 000
Decision Date 1966-09-02
Source British Columbia-Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport
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