4/17/2009

Landmark information

  • Location:
    SE corner of Market St and Pacific Hwy (State Hwy 163), San Diego
  • Plaque:
    Official State Plaque
  • Site:
    Nothing Remains
  • Date First Visited:
    12/2/1996
  • Date Most Recently Visited:
    4/17/2009
  • GPS Coordinates:
    N 32 42.676, W 117 10.254

About this landmark

Plaque 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 Agustin de Echeverria.