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Jewfish Point

Coordinates: 33°19′13″N 118°18′14″W / 33.3204°N 118.3038°W / 33.3204; -118.3038
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News items from Catalina in the Los Angeles Evening Express of June 25, 1897

Jewfish Point is a cape in Los Angeles County, in the U.S. state of California.[1] It is located on the Southeast coast of Santa Catalina Island.[2] The cape was named for a type of fish (grouper, formerly known as "jew fish") prized for its taste.[3]

The point is used as a landmark for defining marine areas near the island, such as a commercial fishing restriction in the 1960s.[4] It is currently one of the boundaries of Binnacle Rock to Jewfish Point Area of Special Biological Significance off Catalina.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jewfish Point
  2. ^ "Catalina Island Bike Map" (PDF). Catalina Island Conservancy.
  3. ^ Monmonier, Mark (15 September 2008). From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow: How Maps Name, Claim, and Inflame. University of Chicago Press. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-226-53464-0.
  4. ^ "Mosk settles commercial fishing zone". Independent. 1963-09-27. p. 37. Retrieved 2023-11-04.
  5. ^ "California marine waters areas of special biological significance reconnaissance survey report". www.govinfo.gov. Retrieved 2023-11-04.

33°19′13″N 118°18′14″W / 33.3204°N 118.3038°W / 33.3204; -118.3038