| Feature Type: | Point - Land area jutting into a water feature; also used for a convex change in direction of a shoreline. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | NE point of Galiano Island, E of Ladysmith, Cowichan Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°00'49"N, 123°34'24"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 14 January 1946 on C.3450, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 3618, 1907 et seq. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Connected to Galiano Island by a narrow ridge of sand" (Sailing Directions, Vol 1, 17th edition, Canadian Hydrographic Service) Source: included with note |
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Named by Captain John F. Parry, HMS Egeria, on re-surveying Porlier Pass in 1905, after Commander Dionisio Alcala Galiano, an officer of the Spanish navy. See Galiano Island for additional biographical information. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Labelled "Tongue Point" on Geological Survey sheet 997A, Nanaimo & New Westminster Mining Divisions, 1907. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |