Coffin Island
| Language of origin | English language |
| Feature Type: | Point - Land area jutting into a water feature; also used for a convex change in direction of a shoreline. |
| Status: | Not official |
| Other Names: | Coffin Island PointOfficial |
| Relative Location: | West Bay, W side of Victoria Harbour, Esquimalt Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°25'38"N, 123°23'22"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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Coffin Island adopted 1 May 1934 as labelled on Captain Kellett's chart of 1847, and on British Admiralty Chart #1897, 1860 et seq. Form of name changed to Coffin Island Point 29 March 1976 on C.3413 and generic changed from island to point, as recommended by Hydrographic Service (file V.1.38). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Landfill has altered the shoreline; this is no longer a discrete island. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |