- Record Hill
Record Hill is the highest hill on North Island in the
Houtman Abrolhos . It is located in the southwest of the island;Australia 1:100000 Topographic Survey, Sheet 1641 (Edition 1): Wallabi] its gazetted location is coord|28|18|19|S|113|35|29|E|display=inline,Gazetteer of Australia (1996). Belconnen, ACT: Australian Surveying and Land Information Group.] Gazetteer of Australia | name = Record Hill | id = 279214] but in fact it is located about 150 metres north of there at coord|28|18|15|S|113|35|29|E|display=inline,title|type:mountain_scale:25000. It is about 13 metres (42 ft) high.Record Island was discovered on
22 May 1840 byJohn Clements Wickham , Commander during the third voyage of HMS "Beagle": "The highest hill on the south-west point, measuring 42 feet, received the name of Record Hill, from our leaving a paper in a bottle, giving an account of our cruise."cite book | first = John Lort | last = Stokes | authorlink = John Lort Stokes | year = 1846 | title = Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 | publisher = T. and W. Boone | location = London | url = http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/12146 | accessdate = 2007-11-18]References
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