Holberg Inlet
| Feature Type: | Inlet (3) - Elongated body of water extending from a sea or lake. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | NW extention of Quatsino Sound, at NW end of Vancouver Island, Rupert Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°36'03"N, 127°44'02"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92L/12 |
| Related Maps: |
102I/9 92L/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Holberg Inlet adopted 6 April 1926 on Ottawa file OBF 0988, as recommended by Hydrographic Service; not "West Arm (Quatsino Sound)" as identified on earlier charts. Re-approved 6 May 1947 on 102I/9, 3 June 1947 on 92L/12 and 6 November 1952 on 102I. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named by H.D. Parizeau, Hydrographic Service, "...after the Norwegian [sic] settlement at head of the inlet." [this was a Danish settlement, in turn named after a Danish writer]. See Holberg (community) for additional origin information. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |