South Bentinck Arm
Feature Type:Arm - Long narrow extension of a water body.
Status: Official
Name Authority: BC Geographical Names Office
Relative Location: E of Burke Channel, S of Bella Coola, Range 3 Coast Land District
Latitude-Longitude: 52°08'58"N, 126°49'40"W at the approximate centre of this feature.
Datum: WGS84
NTS Map: 93D/2
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Origin Notes and History:

Adopted 7 March 1933, as a long-established name, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer.

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office

"Bentinck Arms" was named by Vancouver in 1793, after the noble house of Portland; at the time of the naming, the ducal title was held by William Henry Cavendish Bentinck. See Walbran's British Columbia Coast Names for more information.

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office