Cosine Bay

Cosine Bay (53˚33'00" 129˚59'00" W side of Cosine I), Cosine Island (53˚33'00" 129˚58'00" NW of Anger I, off W side of Pitt I), Cosine Point (W side of Cosine I). These features were named by members of a coast triangulation party under Alfred Wright, a surveyor with the BC Lands Service, in 1921. A cosine is a mathematical ratio between the sides of a right-angled triangle, used in surveying to measure gradients and distances. Other nearby features (Azimuth I, Logarithm Point, Sine I, Sine...

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