Description
Muerta Island is located in Port Real Marina, on NE coast of Baker I., Alex. Arch.
History
Name "Isla del Muerto," meaning "island of the dead," was probably given to this island in 1779 by Francisco Antonio Maurelle. "Juan Pantoja in his account of the 1779 exploration of the bay Bucareli describes finding a dead male Indian on an island in the Puerto Real Marina * * *" (Wagner, 1937, p. 398).