Banks Reef
| Feature Type: | Reef - Rocks rising to or near the surface of a body of water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Off S end of Brooks Peninsula, NW side Vancouver Island, Rupert Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°04'59"N, 127°51'05"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92L/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 5 October 1946 on C.3680, as labelled on British Admiralty Charts 583 and 1917, both published in 1865, and as labelled on BC map 2C, 1919 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 in 1860 by Captain Richards of HMS Plumper, in association with nearby Cape Cook, after Sir Joseph Banks, Bart., (1743-1820), who had accompanied Captain James Cook on the latter's exploratory journey to the South Seas aboard the Endeavor, 1768-1771. See also Banks Island. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |