Information About

Point Munoz

Point Munoz

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Yakutat
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 10 ft (3.05 m)
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 of Point Munoz

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."