Cornice 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: | S side of Strohn Creek, between Meziadin Lake and Bear River Pass, just NE of Stewart, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 56°04'24"N, 129°36'16"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104A/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 5 November 1953 on 104A, as labelled on BC Map 5C, Stikine River, 1929. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Presumably descriptive. In this context a cornice is an overhanging mass of snow, ice, or rock. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |