Compton 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: | NW entrance point of Wells Passage opposite North Broughton Island, N of Port McNeill, Range 1 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°53'08"N, 126°53'44"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92L/15 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 4 September 1958 on C.3570, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 581, 1867 et seq, and on BC map 2C, 1919. See Compton Island for origin information. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |