Gil Island (other)
Gil Island may refer to: * Gil Island (Canada) *Gil Island (Azerbaijan) Gil Island, also Glinyanii Island ( az, Gil Adası, Russian: остров Глиняный ''Ostrov Glinyanyy'') is an island of Azerbaijan in the Caspian Sea. Geography This island is part of the Baku Archipelago, which consists of the followin ...

Gil Island (Canada)
Gil Island is an island on the British Columbia Coast, North Coast of British Columbia, Canada, located on the west side of Whale Channel in the entrance to Douglas Channel, one of the main coastal inlets, on the route of the Inside Passage between Pitt Island (Canada), Pitt Island and Princess Royal Island. It is 26 km (16 mi) long, with a width ranging from 6 to 13 km (4 to 8 mi), and an area of 231 km2 (89 sq mi). The only named summit on the mountainous island is Mount Gil, which faces the opening of Douglas Channel. Name origin "Named in 1792 by Lieutenant Commander Jacinto Caamaño of the Spanish corvette Aranzazu (ship), ''Aranzazu'', while searching along the coast under orders from the viceroy of Mexico for the mythical 'Rio de Reyes'. This strait or river, supposed to connect the Pacific with the Atlantic, was claimed to have been discovered in 1640 by Admiral Pedro Bartolome de Fonti, in command of a fleet of 4 vessels, his flagship being name ...
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