Point Garcia is a physical feature (cape) in Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) Borough.
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Feature Name: | Point Garcia |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Cape |
Description: | on NW coast of San Fernando I., Alex. Arch. |
History: | "Spanish name given in 1775-79 by Don Juan de la Bodega y Quadra and Francisco Antonio Maurelle as ""Punta de Garcia"" or ""Point Garcia""; ""no doubt in honor of Juan Garcia the surgeon of the vessel La Favorita of the Arteaga expedition * * *"" (Wagner, 1937, p. 389)." |
Borough: | Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) Borough |
Latitude: | 55.5600013733 |
Longitude: | -133.439727783 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Point Garcia: Point Garcia.
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