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."

Topo Maps

Yakutat (1951), Yakutat (1951), Yakutat (1951), Yakutat (1951), Yakutat C-5 (1959), Yakutat C-5 (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat (1959), Yakutat C-5 SW (1987), Yakutat C-5 SW (1987), Yakutat C-5 (1996), Yakutat C-5 SW (2017),
Places Near Point Munoz
Areas:

Kwik Delta,

Bars:

Gilbert Spit, Prince Shoal, Tick Shoal, Tzuse Shoal, Village Shoal,

Bays:

The Lagoon, Port Mulgrave, Ahduck Bay, Black Duck Bay, Broken Oar Cove, Deep Bay, Gonakadetseat Bay, Graveyard Cove, Monti Bay, Puget Cove, Redfield Cove, Rurik Harbor, Sawmill Cove, Sea Otter Bay, Shipyard Cove, Yakutat Bay,

Beaches:

Khantaak Beach,

Capes:

Point Munoz, Point Turner, Point Carrew, Ankau Head, Arrecifes Point, Hatchet Point, Northeast Point, Ocean Cape, Phipps Cape, Phipps Peninsula, Pyramid Point,

Channels:

The Ankau, Canoe Pass, Hatchet Pass, Johnstone Passage, Yakutat Roads,

Cities:

Yakutat,

Islands:

Canoe Island, Doggie Island, Dolgoi Island, Fitzgerald Island, Gregson Island, Khantaak Island, Kriwoi Island, Krutoi Island, Otmeloi Island,

Lakes:

Aka Lake, Aka Lake, Ankau Saltchucks, Kardy Lake, Laguna de la Frezas, Rocky Lake, Summit Lake, Summit Lakes,

Rivers:

Lost River,

Streams:

Kame Stream, Ophir Creek, Sudden Stream, T-awat Creek, Tawah Creek,