Bamber Point
| 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: | W side of Viscount Island, junction of Tribune Channel and Knight Inlet, Range 1 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°41'42"N, 126°14'02"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92L/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 2 July 1959 on C.3525, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 581, 1867 et seq. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Presumably named in 1864 by Captain Pender, RN. Significance not known. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |