Information About

Point Manby

Quick Facts

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Location

59 ° 41' 44.002" N,
140 ° 18' 15.001" W

Region

Yakutat

Nearest City

Yakutat

Elevation

20 ft (6.1 m)

Point Manby in Detail.

About

Located at the mouth of Yakutat Bay, 4 miles south of Malaspina Glacier and 23 miles northwest of Yakutat, Malaspina Coastal Plain.

History

Named by Captain Vancouver (1798, v. 3, p. 205) Royal Navy (RN), for Thomas Manby, masters mate of His (Her) Majesty's Ship (HMS) Discovery. The point is apparently identical with Pointe de la Boussole of La Perouse, 1786 (U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1883, p. 206).

Topo Maps

Yakutat (1951), Yakutat (1951), Yakutat (1951), Yakutat (1951), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat C-7 (1985), Yakutat C-7 NE (2017),

Places Near Point Manby

Beaches:

Schooner Beach,

Capes:

Point Manby,

Lakes:

Malaspina Lake,

Streams:

Alder Stream, Forney Stream, Manby Stream, Osar Stream,