Avery Island
| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Off NE end of Stephens Island, W of Prince Rupert, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°12'41"N, 130°45'31"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103J/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Confirmed 6 February 1948 on C.3714, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 2453, published in 1872 from surveys of 1867-69, and as listed in the 1930 BC Gazetteer. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Presumably named 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 |