Cornice Peak
| Feature Type: | Peak (2) - Summit of a mountain or hill, or the mountain or hill itself. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Just SW of Gold Arm, Columbia Reach Kinbasket Lake, NW of Golden, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°38'56"N, 117°46'23"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/12 |
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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, as labelled on Dominion Sectional sheet 163, Donald, 1913; Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Name suggested by a snow cornice found near summit and first published in "Appalachia" page 29. 9500 high (Communication to the Geographic Board of Canada. Howard Palmer page 5). file 82N/12a. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |