Broughton Island (other)

	Broughton Island (other) Broughton Island may refer to: Broughton Island (New South Wales) Broughton Island, Western Australia Broughton Island (British Columbia), Canada North Broughton Island, British Columbia, Canada Broughton Island (Nunavut), island where the community of Qikiqtarjuaq is located *Qikiqtarjuaq (formerly Broughton Island), Nunavut, Canada Broughton Island, New Zealand Broughton Island, Georgia, USA National adaptations of originally english name Broutona Island, Russia — named after William Robert Broughton See also Broughton Archipelago Broughton Archipelago is a group of islands located at the eastern end of Queen Charlotte Strait in Mount Waddington Regional District, British Columbia. The archipelago is the traditional territory of the Musgamagw Dzawada'enuxw, Namgis, Ma'amt ... , British Columbia, Canada {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Broughton Island (New South Wales) Broughton Island is an island 14 km north-east of Port Stephens, New South Wales, Australia. It is part of the Myall Lakes National Parkbr>(map) History Archaeology indicates that the certain ancestors of the Worimi people inhabited the island for an otherwise apparently indeterminate period of two-thousand years, and whatever name those people may have had for the island itself remains unknown. It lay within the territory of the Garrawerrigal branch (''nurra'') of the Woromi. "Garrawerrigal" meant "the people of the sea", from ''garoowa''=sea. ''Niritba'' was "the home of the mutton bird" in their language. Broughton Island was seen by James Cook commanding HM Bark ''Endeavour'' on 11 May 1770: he mistook it for a headland and called it Black Head. After its insularity was discovered, it was renamed Broughton Islands, and so appears on the 1852 Admiralty chart, ''Australia, East Coast. Broken Bay to Sugarloaf Point, from a running survey by Captn. J. Lort Stokes, H.M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Broughton Island, Western Australia Broughton may refer to: People Broughton (name) Places Australia Broughton, Queensland, a locality in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland * Broughton, Victoria Canada * Broughton, Nova Scotia * Broughton Archipelago, British Columbia Broughton Island (British Columbia), an island in that archipelago North Broughton Island, to the north of Broughton Island ** Broughton Point, on the south coast of North Broughton Island the Broughton Strait off the north coast of Vancouver Island, between that island and Queen Charlotte Strait the Broughton Peaks, a small group of peaks in the Barkley Sound region of the west coast of Vancouver Island Jamaica * Broughton, Jamaica United Kingdom England * Broughton, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire * Broughton, Cambridgeshire * Broughton, Claverley, Shropshire, a location * Broughton, Craven, North Yorkshire * Broughton, Cumbria * Broughton, Hampshire * Broughton, Lancashire * Broughton, Lincolnshire * Broughton, Milton Keynes, Buck ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Broughton Island (British Columbia) Broughton Island is an island in the Broughton Archipelago of the Queen Charlotte Strait area of the Central Coast of British Columbia, northwest of Gilford Island. Broughton Lagoon is a shallow inlet on its north side, at To the north is North Broughton Island. Name origin Broughton Island and the Broughton Archipelago, and Broughton Strait nearby, were all named in 1792 by Captain George Vancouver, for Commander William Robert Broughton, captain of during his first tenure in British Columbia, and thereafter upon his return to the British Columbia Coast, of . , Vancouver's ship, and HMS ''Chatham'' under Broughton were anchored off the south shore of this island on July 28, 1792.''British Columbia Coast Names, 1592-1906: their origin and history'', Captain John T. Walbran, Ottawa, 1909 See also * Broughton (other) * Broughton Island (other) Broughton Island may refer to: * Broughton Island (New South Wales) * Broughton Island, Western Australia Broughton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	North Broughton Island North Broughton Island (french: île North Broughton) is an island in the Broughton Archipelago, located as its name suggests to the north of Broughton Island in the Queen Charlotte Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada. Broughton Point is on the south coast of the island, facing Broughton Island at See also Broughton (other) Broughton Island (other) Broughton Island may refer to: * Broughton Island (New South Wales) * Broughton Island, Western Australia Broughton Island (British Columbia), Canada North Broughton Island, British Columbia, Canada Broughton Island (Nunavut), island where the ... References {{coord, 50, 51, 45, N, 126, 49, 26, W, display=title, source:BCNames, name=North Broughton Island Islands of British Columbia Central Coast of British Columbia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Broughton Island (Nunavut) Broughton Island is a island in the Arctic Archipelago. Geography It is located above the Arctic Circle in the Davis Strait, off Baffin Island about west of the Cumberland Peninsula. To the east Baffin Bay, and the Baffin Mountains are located to the west, more specifically the Arctic Cordillera mountain range. Demographics The only community on the island is Qikiqtarjuaq with a population of 593. It is one of only eleven islands, out of more than 36,000, in the Arctic Archipelago that are inhabited. The Inuit residents of Qikiqtarjuaq moved there in 1963 from a whaling station at Kivitoo about north. Qikiqtarjuaq hosts an annual "Suicide Prevention Walk". Local participants would walk a total distance of across the tundra from Kivitoo' Today the walk is much shorter than the original two and a half days, but it is still meant to promote hope among the community. The island was the home of FOX-5, a Distant Early Warning Line and now a North Warning System site. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Qikiqtarjuaq Qikiqtarjuaq (; formerly known as Broughton Island until November 1998 ,) is a community located on Broughton Island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. The island is known for Arctic wildlife (ring seals, polar bears, bowhead whales, narwhals), bird watching (Qaqulluit National Wildlife Area), and as the northern access point for Auyuittuq National Park (see also Pangnirtung) Qikiqtarjuaq hosts an annual "Suicide Prevention Walk". Local participants would walk a total distance of across the tundra from Kivitoo, an old whaling station. Today the walk is much shorter than the original two and a half days, but it is still meant to promote hope among the community. The community hosts a two-week celebration over the Christmas and New Year period every year. Visitors are warmly welcomed and encouraged to join the festivities and games. Near Qikiqtarjuaq was the home of FOX-5, a Distant Early Warning Line and now a North Warning System site. In July 2011, Qikiqtarjuaq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Broughton Island, New Zealand Broughton Island is the second largest island of The Snares, at . It sits just off the South Promontory of the main island North East Island, which itself lies approximately south of New Zealand's South Island. The island is some in size, with the main axis running northeast to southwest, and the highest elevation is . The island is named after William Robert Broughton. See also * New Zealand Subantarctic Islands * List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands#List of subantarctic islands * List of islands of New Zealand * List of islands * Desert island A desert island, deserted island, or uninhabited island, is an island, islet or atoll that is not permanently populated by humans. Uninhabited islands are often depicted in films or stories about shipwrecked people, and are also used as stereot ... References Islands of the Snares Islands / Tini Heke Important Bird Areas of the Snares Islands {{OutlyingNZ-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Broughton Island, Georgia Broughton may refer to: People Broughton (name) Places Australia Broughton, Queensland, a locality in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland * Broughton, Victoria Canada * Broughton, Nova Scotia * Broughton Archipelago, British Columbia Broughton Island (British Columbia), an island in that archipelago North Broughton Island, to the north of Broughton Island ** Broughton Point, on the south coast of North Broughton Island the Broughton Strait off the north coast of Vancouver Island, between that island and Queen Charlotte Strait the Broughton Peaks, a small group of peaks in the Barkley Sound region of the west coast of Vancouver Island Jamaica * Broughton, Jamaica United Kingdom England * Broughton, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire * Broughton, Cambridgeshire * Broughton, Claverley, Shropshire, a location * Broughton, Craven, North Yorkshire * Broughton, Cumbria * Broughton, Hampshire * Broughton, Lancashire * Broughton, Lincolnshire * Broughton, Milton Keynes, Buck ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Broutona Broutona (russian: о.Броутона; Japanese 武魯頓島; Buroton-tō) is an uninhabited volcanic island located near the northern end of the southern Kuril Islands chain in the Sea of Okhotsk in the northwest Pacific Ocean. Its name is derived from William Robert Broughton, a British ship captain who charted many of the Kuril Islands during his voyages during the 18th century. Its original Ainu name was ''Makanruru'', which translates roughly to "island in a strong current". Geology Broutona is roughly circular, with an area of It is located approximately to the northwest of the twin islands of Chirpoy and Brat Chirpoyev. The island consists of a dormant or extinct stratovolcano, which rises to above sea level. The mountain has not erupted in historic times. The island has steep cliff sides, which can reach heights of and no sandy beaches, making landing very difficult and dangerous even in calm weather. These cliffs are weak and are easily eroded by the sea. Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	William Robert Broughton William Robert Broughton (22 March 176214 March 1821) was a British naval officer in the late 18th century. As a lieutenant in the Royal Navy, he commanded HMS ''Chatham'' as part of the Vancouver Expedition, a voyage of exploration through the Pacific Ocean led by Captain George Vancouver in the early 1790s. Personal life William Robert Broughton was born on 22 March 1762.J. K. Laughton, 'Broughton, William Robert, naval officer, (1762–1821)', rev. Roger Morriss, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 200retrieved 29 December 2015/ref> His father, Charles Broughton, was a Hamburg merchant and his mother, Anne Elizabeth, was the daughter of Baron William de Hertoghe. Broughton married his cousin, Jemima, on 26 November 1802. They had four children. On 12 March 1821, while in Florence, Broughton suffered an angina attack and died two days later. He was buried in the English burial ground in Leghorn. Early career Broughton' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]