Tangent Island

Tangent Island (53˚34'00" 129˚56'00" N of Anger I, W side of Pitt I), Tangent Point (53˚34'00" 129˚57'00" SW end of Tangent I). These features were named by a coast triangulation party under A E Wright, a surveyor with the BC Lands Service, in 1921. A tangent is a mathematical ratio between the sides opposite and adjacent to an angle in a right-angled triangle and is used in surveying to measure gradients and distances. Other nearby features (Azimuth I, Cosine Bay, Cosine I, Cosine Point,...

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