A British officer of the Royal Navy best known for his 1791-95 expedition first charted what in 1793?
Cascade Inlet Cascade Inlet is a fjord in the North Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It extends northwest from Dean Channel. It was first charted in 1793 by George Vancouver and during their 1791-95 expedition. Vancouver named it “Cascade Channel” due to the great number of waterfalls he saw along its sides when he first explored the inlet.
Cockburn Island (Antarctica) Cockburn Island is an oval island 2.7 km long, consisting of a high plateau with steep slopes surmounted on the northwest side by a pyramidal peak 450 m high, lying in the north-east entrance to Admiralty Sound, south of the north-east end of Antarctic Peninsula. It was discovered by a British expedition under Ross, 1839–43, who named it for Admiral George Cockburn, Royal Navy, then senior Lord of the Admiralty.