Rostrum 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: | S side of Bush Mountain, just NE of head of Bush Arm Kinbasket Lake, N of Golden, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°49'53"N, 117°10'25"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Decision in 18th Report, 1924. Descriptive name. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |
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"... this striking massif is Bush Mountain... composed of three separate peaks; the southern or highest, Rostrum Peak, rising 10,770 feet, and the northern, Icefall Peak, 10,420 feet; the centre one [since named Bush Peak] is a little sharp peak of 10,080 feet..." (Boundary Commission Report, part II, 1917-1921, p.40). [a rostrum is a raised platform on a stage, in turn from the speaker's platform in the Roman Forum decorated with the beaks or prows of captured ships] Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |