El Piveto Mountain
| Feature Type: | Mountain - Mass of land prominently elevated above the surrounding terrain, bounded by steep slopes and rising to a summit and/or peaks. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Between Donner and Buttle Lakes in Strathcona Provincial Park, Nootka Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°43'16"N, 125°47'12"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 13 March 1947 on 92F/12, as a well-established local name and as labelled on BC Lands' map 2C, 1919. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"One of its summits rises like a great pivot. For this reason, although we are not familiar with the Spanish [vocabulary], we have attempted a Spanish name and have designated the mountain El Piveto." (R.H.Thompson, surveyor, 3rd Annual Progress Rpt of Strathcona Park Survey, Dept. of Public Works, 1914, p.25.) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |