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Muerta Island in Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) Borough AK

Muerta Island, Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) Borough, Alaska

Muerta Island is a physical feature (island) in Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) Borough.

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Feature Name:	Muerta Island
Category:	Alaska physical, cultural and historic features
Feature Type:	Physical
Class:	Island
Description:	in Port Real Marina, on NE coast of Baker I., Alex. Arch.
History:	"Name ""Isla del Muerto,"" meaning ""island of the dead,"" was probably given to this island in 1779 by Francisco Antonio Maurelle. ""Juan Pantoja in his account of the 1779 exploration of the bay Bucareli describes finding a dead male Indian on an island in the Puerto Real Marina * * *"" (Wagner, 1937, p. 398)."
Borough:	Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) Borough
Latitude:	55.4197235107
Longitude:	-133.488616943

Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Muerta Island: Muerta Island.

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