Aristazabal Island

Aristazabal Island
Waters	Pacific Ocean
Geographical location	52 ° 39 ′ N , 129 ° 6 ′ W Coordinates: 52 ° 39 ′ N , 129 ° 6 ′ W
length	46.8 km
width	14.9 km
surface	420 km²
Highest elevation	Mount Johnson ; 370 m
Residents	uninhabited

Aristazabal Island is an island off the coast of the Canadian province of British Columbia . The 420 km² large, uninhabited island with a coastline of 171 km was named in 1792 by the Spanish captain Jacinto Caamaño , who named it after the then well-known Spanish captain Gabriel de Aristazábal . On his later trip, George Vancouver took this name into his card, but with a typo.

The island is on the Hecate Strait . East of the island is Princess Royal Island and west of the island is Haida Gwaii . To the north is the Estevan Group and Campania Island and to the south Swindle Island and Price Island . Like most of the islands in the northern part of the coast of the province, it is counted as part of the Great Bear Rainforest .

The island can only be reached by boat or plane. Today the island is uninhabited.

Web links

Aristazabal Island . In: BC Geographical Names (English)

Individual evidence

^ The Atlas of Canada. Sea Islands. Natural Resources Canada , archived from the original on January 22, 2013 ; accessed on September 28, 2015 .
^ Andrew Scott: The Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names: A Complete Reference to Coastal British Columbia . Harbor Publishing, Madeira Park, BC 2009, ISBN 978-1-55017-484-7 , pp. 49 (English).

[1] The Atlas of Canada. Sea Islands. Natural Resources Canada , archived from the original on January 22, 2013 ; accessed on September 28, 2015 .

[2] Andrew Scott: The Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names: A Complete Reference to Coastal British Columbia . Harbor Publishing, Madeira Park, BC 2009, ISBN 978-1-55017-484-7 , pp. 49 (English).