Darwin Sound (Canada)

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Darwin Sound is a sound in the Queen Charlotte Islands of British Columbia, Canada. It is located between Moresby Island (W) and Lyell Island (E) and was named in 1878 by Canada's then-Chief Geographer George M. Dawson in honour of Charles Darwin, the eminent naturalist.

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Coordinates: 52°40′00″N131°43′00″W / 52.66667°N 131.71667°W / 52.66667; -131.71667