Discovery Islands
The Discovery Islands are a group of sparsely populated islands in the Discovery Passage between Vancouver Island and the mainland of British Columbia.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Quadra Island and Outer Islands and Mainland Inlets.
Outer Islands and Mainland Inlets
The Outer Discovery Islands and nearby Mainland Inlets…
Cortes Island
Cortes Island is one of the Discovery Islands off the coast of British Columbia.
Destinations to Discover
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Discovery Islands
- Archipelago
- …is also known as “Northern Gulf Islands”
- Description: Archipelago in British Columbia, Canada
- Location
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Latitude of center
50.315° or 50° 18′ 54″ north
Longitude of center
-125.116° or 125° 6′ 58″ west
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Discovery Islands” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزر ديسكفري”
- Asturian: “Islles Discovery”
- Breton: “Inizi Discovery”
- Chinese: “發現群島”
- Chinese: “迪斯卡弗里群岛”
- Dutch: “Discovery Islands”
- Esperanto: “Malkovro-Insularo”
- French: “Îles Discovery”
- Galician: “Illas Discovery”
- German: “Discovery Islands”
- Hebrew: “איי דיסקברי”
- Hebrew: “איי התגליות”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Discovery Islands”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Discovery Islands”
- Norwegian: “Discovery Islands”
- Portuguese: “Ilhas Discovery”
- Spanish: “Islas Discovery”
- Vietnamese: “Quần đảo Discovery”
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