Coburg Peninsula

Coburg Peninsula (48˚25'00" 123˚28'00" W side of Royal Roads, just SW of Victoria). Named after Queen Victoria’s husband, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Coburg is a city in Bavaria, Germany. In the 17th century it was the capital of the duchy of Saxe-Coburg; later it became one of the two capitals of the duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Lt Cdr James Wood of HMS Pandora, who surveyed this area in 1847, also named nearby Saxe Point and Gotha Point. Albert Head, just to the S, had...

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