Discovery Island Light
Discovery Island Lighthouse is an active lighthouse built in 1886 on Pandora Hill which is the highest point on Discovery Island in the province of British Columbia, Canada.- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in British Columbia, Canada
- Also known as: “Discovery Island Lighthouse”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ten Mile Point and Uplands.
Ten Mile Point
Neighborhood
Ten Mile Point is a neighbourhood in the District of Saanich in Victoria, British Columbia, and is the most easterly point on Vancouver Island. Ten Mile Point was so named because it was ten nautical miles from what was at the time the headquarters of the Pacific Station of the Royal Navy. Ten Mile Point is situated 5 km northwest of Discovery Island Light.
Uplands
Neighborhood
Uplands, Victoria is a 188.17-hectare neighbourhood located in the north east part of the District of Oak Bay, a suburb adjacent to Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and situated between the neighbourhoods of Cadboro Bay and North Oak Bay. Uplands is situated 6 km northwest of Discovery Island Light.
Oak Bay
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Victoria is the capital of Canada's westernmost province; British Columbia, near the southern tip of Vancouver Island. Victoria contains a perfect combination of the old and new Canada. Oak Bay is situated 7 km west of Discovery Island Light.
Discovery Island Light
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.42459° or 48° 25′ 29″ northLongitude
-123.22566° or 123° 13′ 32″ westElevation
16 metres (52 feet)Open location code
84WRCQFF+RPOpenStreetMap ID
way 258991733OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseGeoNames ID
9609794Wikidata ID
Q5281932
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Discovery Island Light” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de Discovery Island”
- French: “Phare de Discovery Island”
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