Feature Type: | Shoal - Elevation of the bed of a body of water; composed of unconsolidated material and posing a hazard to surface navigation. |
Status: |
Official
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Name Authority: |
BC Geographical Names Office |
Relative Location: |
E. side of Malaspina Strait, S. of Bargain Bay, New Westminster Land District |
Latitude-Longitude: |
49°33'59"N, 124°02'04"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
Datum: |
WGS84 |
NTS Map: |
92F/9 |
Origin Notes and History:
Adopted 4 October 1945 on C.390, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 579, 1900 et seq.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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Presumably named after August Jorgen Bjerre (see Bjerre Rock).
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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