Point Buchon

Point Buchon is a cape in San Luis Obispo County, California. The point has an elevation of 30 feet / 9 meters. The Point Buchon State Marine Reserve and Marine Conservation Area lies offshore from that Point. Point Buchon was named by the Coast Survey during the Civil War.[1]

Point Buchon was named after El Buchon, the Chumash chief who ruled the area when the Portola expedition passed this way in 1769. El Buchon had a large neck goiter, buchon in 18th century Spanish.[2]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Point Buchon
  2. Point Buchon Trail. accessed 6/19/2018

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