Alaska Gazetteer
Point Munoz is a physical feature (cape) in Yakutat Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Point Munoz |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Cape |
| Description: | on SW coast of Khantaak I., 2.2 mi. NE of Point Carrew and 3.5 mi. NW of Yakutat; Malaspina Coastal Plain. |
| History: | "named in 1791 by Captain Alessandro Malaspina, probably for a Spanish naval officer named Munoz Goosens (Wagner, 1937, p. 399). Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 7), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), called the point ""Mys JW,"" which was interpreted by Baker (1906, p. 449) to mean ""Southwest Point.""" |
| Borough: | Yakutat Borough |
| Latitude: | 59.5852775574 |
| Longitude: | -139.802505493 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Point Munoz: Point Munoz.
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 Munoz does not include property ownership information.
| Situk, AK (13.5 miles SE) |
