| Language of origin | English language |
| Feature Type: | Site du patrimoine mondial - (World Heritage Site) One of over 800 cultural and natural properties throughout the world, considered to be of outstanding value according to criteria drawn up by UNESCO's World Heritage Committee. |
| Status: | Not official |
| Other Names: | Site du patrimoine mondial de l'Île Anthony (Moresby-Sud), SGang Gwaay World Heritage SiteOfficial, Site du patrimoine mondial SGang GwaayOfficial |
| Relative Location: | E side of Anthony Island, off S end of Moresby Island, Queen Charlotte Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°05'56"N, 131°13'00"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103B/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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The area around the ancient Haida village of Ninstints - also spelled Nan Sdins - was designated by UNESCO as Anthony Island (South Moresby) World Heritage Site 30 October 1981. Name changed to SGang Gwaay World Heritage Site 16 July 2006. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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The approved French language form was: Site du patrimoine mondial de l'Île Anthony (Moresby-Sud), renamed Site du patrimoine mondial SGang Gwaay in July 2006. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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This area is also designated by Parks Canada as Nan Sdins National Historic Site of Canada (Lieu historique national du Canada de Nan Sdins). For interpretive information see Ninstints (locality), also Parks Canada's National Historic Sites brochure, also "Anthony Island Totems: the last big stand" (Canadian Geographic magazine, Vol 101, No 5, Oct/Nov 1981, p.26). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |