Luxmoore Island

Luxmoore Island (52˚59'00" 132˚21'00" Off W side of Hibben I, Englefield Bay, NW Moresby I, QCI). Benjamin Luxmoore (or Luxmore) was an RN clerk aboard HMS Thetis and served on the Pacific Station, 1851–53. Before that he was off the W coast of Africa with HMS Centaur. He was promoted to paymaster in 1856 on HMS Atalanta. This feature was known as Hole I by the local Haida people, as it has a natural rock arch. It received its current name from Capt Augustus Kuper, who made a survey of the...

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