Mexicana Hill
| Feature Type: | Hill - Elevation of terrain rising prominently above the surrounding land. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | E of Blackberry Point on Valdes Island, SW side of Strait of Georgia between Galiano and Gabriola Islands, Nanaimo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°03'08"N, 123°38'22"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 29 December 1945 on C.3450, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 579, 1863 et seq. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named c 1859 by Captain Richards, HMS Plumper, in association with the name of the island on which the hill is located: Commander Cayetano Valdes of the Spanish Navy, in command of the vessel "Mexicana", explored these waters in 1792 with Galiano. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |