Arriaga Islands (52 ̊31'00" 129 ̊05'00" W of Weeteeam Bay, Aristazabal I). Juan Pantoja y Arriaga was 1st pilot to Spanish naval officer Lt Cdr Jacinto Caamaño, who named and charted Aristazabal I in 1792. Caamaño had helped establish the Spanish settlement in Nootka Sd in 1790 and returned to the BC coast as part of Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra’s 1792 expedition to Nootka. See Pantoja Is for a more detailed biography.
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