Diplock Island
| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W of Tzartus Island in Imperial Eagle Channel, Barkley Sound, Barclay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°55'59"N, 125°06'42"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92C/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 3 April 1934 on C.327, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 592, 1865, and on BC map 2A, 1920, 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 |
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Origin/significance not known. Note that the 1861 manuscript drawn by the Officers of the Hecate (in Toponymy collection) identifies, but does not label, this particular island; the name appears on the first published edition, 1865, so presumably was added by the hydrographer's staff. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |