Browning Entrance
| Feature Type: | Entrance - Outer end of a channel, harbour, or other water feature; usually allowing access to the waters within. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | N side of Banks Island, Range 4 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°42'59"N, 130°30'51"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103G/10 |
| Related Maps: |
103G/10 103G/15 103G/16 103G/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 7 March 1933 on Geological Survey sheet 278A as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 1923A, 1870 et seq. (file P.3.33, Ottawa file OBF 1420). Re-approved 14 June 1946 on 103/SE. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1870 by Captain Pender, RN. See Browning Channel. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |