#0057 La Punta de los Muertos
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#0057 La Punta de los Muertos
Site information:
SE Corner of Harbor Dr and Pacific Hwy, San DiegoNothing remains of this site, as far as I know.
Photos 2 & 3 show the plaque before the corner was refurbished. The plaque is still there, just a few yards further south on Pacific Hwy.
32.711082,-117.170859
Plaque information:
State plaquePlaque text:
La Punta de los Muertos (Dead Men's Point)Burial site of sailors and marines in 1782 when San Diego Bay was surveyed & charted by Don Juan Pantoja Y Arriaga, pilot, and Don Jose Tovar, mate, of the royal frigates "La Princesa" and "La Favorita" under command of Don Augustin de Echeverria.
Marker placed by San Diego County Board of Supervisors and the Historical Markers Committee. Erected 1954
Registered 12/6/1932