Dunsterville Islet
| Feature Type: | Islet - Small island. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | In S entrance of Hoskyn Channel, between Read and Quadra Islands N of Campbell River (city), Sayward Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°08'42"N, 125°09'39"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92K/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 3 July 1951 on C.3565, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 581, 1867 et seq, and 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 c1864 by Captain Pender, RN, after Commander Edward Dunsterville, civil assistant to the Admiralty's Hydrographic Department, 1842-70. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |