Tofino

Tofino (49˚07'00" 125˚53'00" At S entrance to Clayoquot Sd, NW end of Esowista Peninsula, W side of Vancouver I), Tofino Inlet (49˚09'00" 125˚40'00" SE side of Clayoquot Sd). Tofino Inlet was named in 1792 by the Spanish explorers Dionisio Alcalá-Galiano and Cayetano Valdés to honour Vicente Tofiño de San Miguel (1732–95), a Spanish naval officer and renowned astronomer and mathematician. He served as Spain’s chief hydrographer, 1784–88, and was appointed director of the...

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