Mosquito Islets
| Feature Type: | Islets - Small island. Plural of Islet. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Off SW side of Hunter Island on W side of Kildidt Sound, S of Bella Bella, Range 2 Coast Land District |
| Tags: | World War II |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°50'03"N, 128°09'49"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 102P/16 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 27 July 1945 on C.399, as submitted by Hydrographic Service. 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, in association with Spider Island. Spider Island, in turn had been named c1865 by the British Admiralty, but in the waning days of WWII, Parizeau used the name to establish an aircraft/aviation theme for nearby islands: Spider, Mosquito, Hurricane, Kittyhawk, Spitfire... Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |