| Feature Type: | Cone - Cone-shaped hill. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | E end of Kostal Lake, NW of W end Murtle Lake in Wells Gray Provincial Park, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°10'25"N, 119°56'49"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83D/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 22 November 1991 on 83D/4 as an established name. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Kostal Cone or Kostal Volcano has been well-known in geological circles since the 1950s or earlier. The Kostal Lava Flow is only a few thousand years old, and the volcanic vent was active a mere 400 years ago - very recent activity and consequently the focus of study by volcanologists.... The book Nature Wells Gray identifies "Fire Mountain" as another name for the volcano. Named in association with Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Kostal Cone so-named because it rises abruptly from the east shore of Kostal Lake; the lake name in turn was suggested in April 1936 by Angus Horne, Blue River prospector, after Frank Kostal. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |