Description
Point Munoz is located 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."