| Feature Type: | Sound (1) - Large body of water from which two or more inlets, arms or channels branch off. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Between Estevan Group and Aristazabal Island, W side Princess Royal Island, Range 3 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°54'14"N, 129°16'30"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103A/14 |
| Related Maps: |
103A/13 103A/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Caamaño Sound adopted by the Geographic Board of Canada 3 October 1922. Note that there is a "tilde" over the letter "n". Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After Lieutenant Commander Don Jacinto Caamaño, commander of the Spanish corvette Aranzazu, in these waters in 1792. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Northern limit: a line drawn between Jacinto Island, Goodacre Point, Dupont Island, Alexander Island and Duckers Island; southern limit: Oswald Point, Ulric Point to Johnstone Point. (January 1971 advice from Hydrographic Service). Ranges 3 and 4, Coast Land District. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |