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Darwin Sound (Canada)

Coordinates: 52°40′00″N 131°43′00″W / 52.66667°N 131.71667°W / 52.66667; -131.71667
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This article is about the sound in British Columbia, Canada. For the sound in Tierra del Fuego, Chile, see Darwin Sound.

Darwin Sound is a sound in the Queen Charlotte Islands of British Columbia, Canada. It is located between Moresby Island (W) and Lyell Island (E) and was named in 1878 by Canada's chief geographer George M. Dawson in honour of Charles Darwin, the eminent naturalist.

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  • "Darwin Sound". BC Geographical Names.

52°40′00″N 131°43′00″W / 52.66667°N 131.71667°W / 52.66667; -131.71667


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