Black Point, San Miguel Island
From Islapedia
Black Point, San Miguel Island is a survey station established by William E. Greenwell in 1858. It was located on the south side of the island east of Tyler Bight and west of Crook Point. In 1871, Stehman Forney erected a station over the same point established by Greenwell. The following description of Assistant Greenwell will serve to identify the locality of the signal.
- “Looking from Green Mountain to the southward and westward is a dark undefined point and upon this and near the bluff the station is located. At this point the ground is covered with a dark looking brush. To the eastward of the station is a large gulch which makes up in the direction of Green Mountain.”
The station was revisited by Robert W. Knox in 1934 who marked it with a standard disk stamped BLACK POINT 1858. This triangulation station appears on the San Miguel Island West topographic map.
[UTM 10: North 3,768,542 East 740,709].
