Fish Point (Houtman Abrolhos)

Fish Point (Houtman Abrolhos)

Fish Point is a point in the north-eastern corner of East Wallabi Island in the Houtman Abrolhos island chain off the coast of Western Australia. It is located at coord|28|25|40|S|113|44|34|E|display=inline,title|scale:25000."Gazetteer of Australia" (1996). Belconnen, ACT: Australian Surveying and Land Information Group.] Gazetteer of Australia | name = Fish Point | id = 268242] It sits at the foot of Flag Hill, the highest peak on East Wallabi Island, and its western edge looks out onto Turtle Bay.Australia 1:100000 Topographic Survey, Map sheet 1641 (Edition 1): Wallabi]

It was discovered in May 1840 by John Clements Wickham, Commander during the third voyage of HMS "Beagle": quote|"Flag Hill... has a long finger-shaped point running out from its foot in a north-east direction, to which we gave the name of Fish Point, from the number of snappers we caught there. They were so voracious that they even allowed themselves to be taken with a small bit of paper for a bait."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]

It is now one of the most popular locations for tourists in the Wallabi Group.cite web | author = Webster, F. J., Dibden, C. J., Weir, K. E. and Chubb, C. F. | work = Towards an assessment of the natural and human use impacts on the marine environment of the Abrolhos Islands | title = Executive Summary | url = http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/docs/frr/frr134/summary.php?0401 | accessdate = 2007-11-21] It is a popular dive site, with coral occurring within swimming distance of the shore.cite web | work = Abrolhos Islands Visitors Guide | title = Recreational use | url = http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/docs/pub/AbrolhosVisiting/AbrolhosVisitingPage04.php?0502 | accessdate = 2007-11-21]

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