Description
Point Maria is located on E coast of Baker I., NE point of entrance to Port Asumcion, Alex. Arch.
History
Name given in 1775-79 by Don Juan de la Bodega y Quadra and Francisco Antonio Maurelle as "Punta de Maria Josefa," i.e. "Point of Mary Josephine." "Maria Josefa was one of the daughters of Charles III" (Wagner, 1937, p. 470).