Chain Islets
| Feature Type: | Islets - Small island. Plural of Islet. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W of Discovery Island off Oak Bay, Victoria Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°25'02"N, 123°15'56"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92B/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Chain Islets adopted 6 November 1934 on National Defence sheet 415a, Victoria, as recommended by Hydrographic Service; not Chain Islands as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 1911, published in 1849 from 1847 surveys by Captain Kellett. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |