Clerke 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: | SE of Cape Cook on Brooks Peninsula, NW side of Vancouver Island, Rupert Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°04'48"N, 127°47'47"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92L/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 5 October 1946 on C.3680, as labelled on C.383, 1942. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1942 by H.D. Parizeau, Hydrographic Service, in association with Cape Cook; after Commander Charles Clerke, commanding officer of HMS Discovery, and second in command on Captain Cook's third voyage around the world. See Clerke Reefs for additional biographical information. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |