Neptuak Mountain
| Feature Type: | Mountain - Mass of land prominently elevated above the surrounding terrain, bounded by steep slopes and rising to a summit and/or peaks. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | On BC-Alberta boundary at junction of Yoho and Kootenay and Banff National Parks, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°18'27"N, 116°15'27"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 18th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1924. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named (probably in 1894 when naming other Yoho features) by Samuel Evans Stokes Allenby; neptuak is the Stoney Indian word for "nine" - this is the ninth of the ten Wenkchemna Peaks. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |