Minotaur 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 Gateway Glacier, S of Geikie Creek at S end of Mount Robson Provincial Park, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°38'59"N, 118°23'05"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83D/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 1 May 1934 on 83D. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Presumably a reference to the peak's looming shape or distinctive profile. In Greek mythology, the Minotaur was a half-bull, half-human offspring of King Minos of Crete and his wife Pasiphae, who was concealed in the Labyrinth, a specially-constructed and convoluted prison of sorts, on the island of Crete. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |