Description
Projection 300 yds from the shore of Prince of Wales Island, W side of Port Caldera, 6.8 mi. S of Craig, Alex. Arch.
History
Name given in 1775-1779 by Don Juandela Bodega y Quadra and Francisco Antonio Maurelle as "Cabo de las Lomas," meaning "cape of the hillocks." Baker (1906, p. 411). published the name "Cape Lomas;" changed to "Point Lomas" in 1922, by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) because "Not bold or prominent enough to be styled a Cape."