Cypress Peak
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Cypress Peak is a mountain peak
located south of Brandywine Mountain
on the Squamish-Ckeakamus divide, west of Whistler
in the New Westminster Land District
of British Columbia
, Canada
. The mountain was named after nearby Cypress Creek (which has since been renamed Roe Creek).
Pyramidal peak
A pyramidal peak, or sometimes in its most extreme form called a glacial horn, is a mountaintop that has been modified by the action of ice during glaciation and frost weathering...
located south of Brandywine Mountain
Brandywine Mountain
Brandywine Mountain, , is a summit in the Powder Mountain Icefield of the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains of southwestern British Columbia, Canada, about west of the resort town of Whistler...
on the Squamish-Ckeakamus divide, west of Whistler
Whistler, British Columbia
Whistler is a Canadian resort town in the southern Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in the province of British Columbia, Canada, approximately north of Vancouver...
in the New Westminster Land District
New Westminster Land District
New Westminster Land District is one of 59 Land Districts of British Columbia, Canada, which are the underlying cadastral divisions of that province....
of British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. The mountain was named after nearby Cypress Creek (which has since been renamed Roe Creek).