| 词条 | Pearse Peninsula |
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The Pearse Peninsula is a peninsula on the southwest end of Broughton Island in the Broughton Archipelago of the Queen Charlotte Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada.[1] Name originThe peninsula was named in 1860 for Commander William Alfred Rumbulow Pearse, RN, who commanded HMS Alert in the area from 1858-1861. He is also the namesake of the Pearse Islands at the northern entrance to the Johnstone Strait.[2] See also
References1. ^BC Names/GeoBC entry "Pearse Peninsula" {{coord|50|47|24|N|126|33|32|W|display=title|source:BCNames|name=Pearse Peninsula}}{{BritishColumbiaCoast-geo-stub}}2. ^British Columbia Coast Names, 1592-1906: their origin and history, Captain John T. Walbran, Ottawa, 1909, quoted in BC Names" 2 : Peninsulas of British Columbia|Central Coast of British Columbia |
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