Holloway Rock
| 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: | Head of Fitzwilliam Creek, S of Yellowhead Pass in Mount Robson Provincial Park, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°49'30"N, 118°25'29"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83D/16 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted by Geographic Board of Canada in 1919 as labelled on BC-Alberta Boundary sheet # 29, 1917. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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The word "holloway" means lying in a hollow. This mountain is described as lying in a deep, pocketed valley encircled by surrounding peaks (Boundary Commission Report, Part II, p.24) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |