Argonaut Point
| Feature Type: | Point - Land area jutting into a water feature; also used for a convex change in direction of a shoreline. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | SW entrance to Hisnit Inlet, NW. side of Tlupana Inlet, Nootka Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°43'13"N, 126°29'28"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92E/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 10 January 1935 on C.3645, as submitted February 1934 by Hydrographic Service. (file N.2.33) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After the British trading vessel Argonaut, under the command of Captain James Colnett. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |