Coburg Peninsula
| Feature Type: | Peninsula - Elongated projection of land into a body of water. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W side of Royal Roads, just SW of Victoria, Esquimalt Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°25'27"N, 123°27'49"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92B/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 1 May 1934, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 1901, published in 1848. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1847 by Lieutenant Commander James Wood, of HM surveying vessel Pandora, after HRH Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, in association with Albert Head, Cape Saxe [sic] and Gotha Point. Source: Walbran, John T; British Columbia Coast Names, 1592-1906: their origin and history; Ottawa, 1909 (republished for the Vancouver Public Library by J.J. Douglas Ltd, Vancouver, 1971) |