Alaska Gazetteer
Point Manby is a physical feature (cape) in Yakutat Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Point Manby |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | Located at the mouth of Yakutat Bay, 4 miles south of Malaspina Glacier and 23 miles northwest of Yakutat, Malaspina Coastal Plain. |
| History: | Named by Captain Vancouver (1798, v. 3, p. 205) Royal Navy (RN), for Thomas Manby, masters mate of His (Her) Majesty's Ship (HMS) Discovery. The point is apparently identical with Pointe de la Boussole of La Perouse, 1786 (U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1883, p. 206). |
| Borough: | Yakutat Borough |
| Latitude: | 59.6955566406 |
| Longitude: | -140.304168701 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Point Manby: Point Manby.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Point Manby does not include property ownership information.
