Description
E of Bucareli Bay, Alex. Arch.
History
Spanish name given in 1775-79 by Don Juan de la Bodega y Quadra and Francisco Antonio Maurelle as "Isla Suemez," i.e. "Suemez Island"; shown as "Guemes" by D. A. Galiano (1802, map 2). It may have been named "Guemes" for "the Viceroy" (Wagner, 1937, p. 460).