Raza Island


Raza Island (50˚18'00" 125˚00'00" Between Maurelle I and W Redonda I, NE of Campbell R), Raza Passage (50˚20'00" 125˚00'00" NW of Raza I, between Calm Channel and Pryce Channel), Raza Point (50˚18'00" 125˚02'00" W tip of Raza I). The originator of this Spanish name, which appears on an 1860 chart by Capt George Richards, is not known with certainty. The feature was labelled Isla Pineda on the map prepared from Dionisio Alcalá-Galiano’s 1792 survey—probably after Lt Col Antonio...

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