History of Punta de la Cruz

Spanish name meaning point of the cross, named by the 1779 Don Ignacio Arteaga expedition. The cross marking the spot where possession was taken is a short distance southeast of the point nWagner, 1937, p. 445e.

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Places Near Punta de la Cruz

Nuchek,

Naucestaarwikcak Point, The Seven Sisters,

Port Etches, Anderson Bay, Constantine Harbor, Deer Cove, Double Bay, English Bay, Garden Cove, Shelter Bay, Yelper Cove,

Point Barber, Point Horn, Bear Cape, Bear Cape, Cape Hinchinbrook, Eagle Point, Johnstone Point, Phipps Point, Punta de la Cruz, Qengnaswik Point, Shelter Point,

Hinchinbrook Entrance,

Porpoise Rocks, Bocharov Island, Garden Island, Hinchinbrook Island,

Signal Mountain,

Hinchinbrook Lighthouse Reserve,

Anderson Creek, Bear Creek, Constantine Creek, Double Creek, Eagle Creek, Etches Creek, Garden Creek, Honker Creek, Horn Creek, Kanuwalem Kuiya Creek, Nuchek Creek,