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Flag Hill (Houtman Abrolhos)
Flag Hill is the highest hill on East Wallabi Island, and the highest point in the Houtman Abrolhos, an archipelago off the coast of Western Australia. It is located in the north-east of the island;〔Australia 1:100000 Topographic Survey, Sheet 1641 (Edition 1): Wallabi〕 its gazetted location is ,〔Gazetteer of Australia (1996). Belconnen, ACT: Australian Surveying and Land Information Group.〕 but in fact it is located somewhat east of there at about . It is about 15 metres (50 ft) high.
Although East Wallabi Island was extensively explored by survivors of the 1629 ''Batavia'' shipwreck, no records of that event refer specifically to Flag Hill. Accordingly, discovery of the hill is attributed to John Clements Wickham, Commander during the third voyage of HMS ''Beagle'', which surveyed East Wallabi Island in May 1840. Wickham's lieutenant, John Lort Stokes, later wrote:
No explanation for the name "Flag Hill" was given.
From the peak of Flag Hill, Wickham's party sighted an island to the north-north-west; they would later visit it and name it North Island.〔
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