Information About

Point Garcia

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Point Garcia on The Map

Location

55 ° 33' 36" N,
133 ° 26' 22.999" W

Region

Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA)

Nearest City

Klawock

Elevation

7 ft (2.13 m)

Point Garcia in Detail.

About

on NW coast of San Fernando I., Alex. Arch.

History

Spanish name given in 1775-79 by Don Juan de la Bodega y Quadra and Francisco Antonio Maurelle as "Punta de Garcia" or "Point Garcia"; "no doubt in honor of Juan Garcia the surgeon of the vessel La Favorita of the Arteaga expedition * * *" (Wagner, 1937, p. 389).

Places Near Point Garcia
Archipelagos:

Arrecife Islands, Blanquizal Islands, Dome Islets, Gaohi Islands, Harmony Islands, Maurelle Islands,

Areas:

Twin Rocks, Witness Rocks,

Bars:

Balandra Shoal, Beta Rock, Curacao Reef, Desconocida Reef, Fern Reef, Kabanof Rocks, Larzatita Island Reef, Moke Rock, Parida Island Reef, Rana Reef, Saint Ignace Rock, San Christoval Rock, Sucia Ledge,

Bays:

Port Asumcion, Port Estrella, Port Mayoral, Port San Antonio, Aguirre Bay, Anguilla Bay, Bucareli Bay, Garcia Cove, Gulf of Esquibel, Indian Garden Bay, Kaguk Cove, Kelly Cove, Nagasay Cove, Nossuk Bay, Salt Lake Bay, San Alberto Bay, Siketi Sound, Steamboat Bay, Tonowek Bay, Veta Bay, Warm Chuck Inlet,

Capes:

Point Marabilla, Point Maria, Point Miliflores, Point Polocano, Point Providence, Point Saint Isidor, Point Saint Thomas, Point Caponeta, Point San Francisco, Point San Leonardo, Point San Pasqual, Point San Rafael, Point Santa Gertrudis, Point Santa Lucia, Point Santa Rosa, Point Santa Rosalia, Point Santa Theresa, Point Swift, Point Aguirre, Point Alonzo, Point Amargura, Point Animas, Point Cangrejo, Point Capones, Point Caracol, Point Cocos, Point Cosinas, Point Cuerbo, Point Delgada, Point Desconocida, Point Espada, Point Eugenia, Point Falfan, Point Garcia, Point Gorda, Point Ildefonso, Point Incarnation, Agueda Point, Arrecife Point, Arrecite Point, Bay Point, Blanquizal Point, Bobs Point, Canal Point, Cape Cambon, Cape Empinado, Cape Flores, Diamond Point, Fern Point, Guktu Point, Kauda Point, Mineral Point, Palisade Point, Pepper Point, Punishment Point, Punta de los Almos, Punta Maria Antonia, Punta Noriega, Punta Palmito, Reef Point, Siketi Point, Silvester Point, Snail Point, Steamboat Point, Sword Point, Triste Point, Veta Point,

Channels:

Bocas De Finas, Cruz Pass, Launch Passage, Paloma Pass, Port Real Marina, Portillo Channel, Saint Nicholas Channel, San Christoval Channel, Sonora Passage, Tonowek Narrows, Ursua Channel,

Cliffs:

Derrumba Ridge, Tonowek Ridge, White Cliff,

Hills:

Isidor Hill,

Islands:

Abrejo Rocks, Alargate Rocks, Anguilla Island, Animas Island, Arboles Island, Baker Island, Bibora Island, Bushtop Island, Cabras Islands, Caracol Island, Catalina Island, Cone Island, Coposo Island, Cristina Island, Cruz Islands, Culebra Islands, Dasani Islands, East San Lorenzo Island, Escurial Island, Esquibel Island, Flotilla Island, Garcia Island, Garita Rock, Hacha Island, Heceta Island, Hermagos Islands, Hermanos Islands, Isleta, Joe Island, Kubanof Rock, Larzatita Island, Lulu Island, Marabilla Island, Muerta Island, Palisade Island, Parida Island, Phillips Rock, Piedras Island, Pigeon Island, Pine Island, Point Swift Rock, Point Swift Rock, Quitasueno Rock, Rosary Island, Saint Ignace Island, Saint Philip Island, San Clemente Island, San Fernando Island, San Francisco Island, San Juan Bautista Island, San Juanito Island, San Lorenzo Islands, Santa Lucia Island, Santa Rita Island, Shaft Rock, Sola Rock, Sombrero Island, Sonora Island, Tonina Island, Toza Island, Trasera Island, Triste Island, Tuft Rock, Turtle Island, Twocrack Island, West San Lorenzo Island, The Witnesses,

Lakes:

Chuck Lake, Crooked Lake, Hook Lake, Island Lake, Jay Lake, Marsh Lake, Mink Lake,

Mountains:

Bald Mountain, Bautista Peak, Pimenta Mountain, Timber Knob,

Streams:

Chuck Creek, East Fork Tonowek Creek, Marsh Creek, Mink Creek, Shaheen Creek, Tonowek Creek,