Vargas Cone

Vargas Cone (49˚05'33" 125˚52'03" SE of Cox Bay and Tofino), Vargas Island (49˚11'10" 125˚59'00" Just NW of Tofino, Clayoquot Sd, W side of Vancouver I). Vargas I was originally named Isla de Teran, after an unidentified Spanish official, by naval officer Francisco Eliza in 1791. This name was mistakenly adopted by Capt George Vancouver as Feran I. Dionisio Alcalá-Galiano changed it the following year to Vargas I, but it is not certain which particular Vargas he had in mind. Coastal...

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