| 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: | NE of Moby Dick Mountain in the Battle Range, NE of Beaton Arm Upper Arrow Lake, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°57'57"N, 117°20'59"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82K/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 3 October 1973, as submitted by Robert Kriszyna; follows the Herman Melville-associated naming theme established in 1958-59 by the Silverstein-Anger climbing party, Alpine Club of Canada. Omoo is the name of a book by the American writer Herman Melville. Omoo means "a person who wanders" and is from the dialect of the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia in the South Pacific Ocean which is the locale of the book. Information from the Ottawa Public Library. For furtherinformation, see card. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Omoo" is the second book written by Herman Melville; the first American edition published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1847, was titled "Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures In The South Seas." The word Omoo is from the dialect of the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia - the locale of the book - and means "a person who wanders." See also Moby Dick Mountain. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |