Information About

Point Munoz

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Point Munoz on The Map

Location

59 ° 35' 7.001" N,
139 ° 48' 9" W

Region

Yakutat

Nearest City

Yakutat

Elevation

10 ft (3.05 m)

Point Munoz in Detail.

About

on SW coast of Khantaak I., 2.2 mi. NE of Point Carrew and 3.5 mi. NW of Yakutat; Malaspina Coastal Plain.

History

named in 1791 by Captain Alessandro Malaspina, probably for a Spanish naval officer named Munoz Goosens (Wagner, 1937, p. 399). Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 7), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), called the point "Mys JW," which was interpreted by Baker (1906, p. 449) to mean "Southwest Point."