East Redonda Island
| East Redonda Island | |
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| Waters | Salish Sea |
| Archipelago | Discovery Islands |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 14 ′ N , 124 ° 43 ′ W |
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| Highest elevation | Mount Addenbroke 1591 m |
East Redonda Island is an island between the mainland of the Canadian province of British Columbia and Vancouver Island . It belongs to the Strathcona Regional District .
It belongs to the Discovery Islands and is located at the end of Toba Inlet .
| Pryce Channel | Pendrell sound | |
| Waddington Channel → West Redonda Island |
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Homfray Channel → Mainland |
| Desolation sound |
With Mount Addenbroke, a 1591 m high mountain determines the island's ecosystem. To protect this special ecosystem, the 6,182 hectare East Redonda Island Ecological Reserve was established in the east of the island in 1971 .
history
The island was discovered in 1792 during the expedition of Dionisio Alcalá Galiano and Cayetano Valdés y Flores and called Isla Redonda , which translated means round island .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mount Addenbroke in the Internet version of the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia
- ^ 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. 177 (English).