Information About

Punta de la Cruz

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Punta de la Cruz on The Map

Location

60 ° 18' 0" N,
146 ° 34' 59.999" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Valdez

Elevation

745 ft (227.08 m)

Punta de la Cruz in Detail.

About

on S shore of Port Etches, Hinchinbrook Island.

History

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.

Topo Maps

Cordova (1948), Cordova (1948), Cordova B-7 (1950), Cordova B-7 (1950), Cordova B-7 (1950), Cordova (1951), Cordova (1951), Cordova (1951), Cordova B-7 (1953), Cordova B-7 (1953), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova (1959), Cordova B-7 (1997),
Places Near Punta de la Cruz
Cities:

Nuchek,

Bars:

Naucestaarwikcak Point, The Seven Sisters,

Bays:

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

Capes:

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

Channels:

Hinchinbrook Entrance,

Islands:

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

Mountains:

Signal Mountain,

Parks:

Hinchinbrook Lighthouse Reserve,

Streams:

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