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Cape Lazo is a headland at the tip of the Comox Peninsula on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The community of Lazo is located near the cape.

In 1791 Narváez named the cape Punta de Lazo de la Vega. In Spanish, lazo means 'snare' and vega means 'an open plain'.

References

1. BC Names/GeoBC entry "Cape Lazo"
2. BC Names/GeoBC entry "Lazo (community)"
3. Akrigg, G.P.V.; Akrigg, Helen B. (1986), British Columbia Place Names (3rd, 1997 ed.), Vancouver: UBC Press, ISBN 0-7748-0636-2

49°42′05″N 124°51′36″W / 49.70139°N 124.86000°W / 49.70139; -124.86000 (Cape Lazo)

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