Flagstaff Hill, Alaska

Flagstaff Hill, Alaska

Infobox Mountain
Name = Flagstaff Hill
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Location = Unga Island, Alaska, United States
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USGS Port Moller A-2
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Flagstaff Hill is a hill on Unga Island, Alaska, United States. Its name comes from the fact that there was a flagpole on the hill. The name may also be connected to the nearby Flagstaff Mine. [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1418595 USGS GNIS Feature Detail Report] ]

Flagstaff Hill is on the northern side of the entrance to the island's Delarof Bay. The hill, near the settlement of Unga, had an elevation of up to convert|80|ft|m|0|lk=on in 1916, when the "United States Coast Pilot" published it in a summary of coastal features. [U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. "United States Coast Pilot: Alaska, Part II: Yakutat Bay to Arctic Ocean, First Edition", p. 179. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1916.]

The U.S. National Geodetic Survey first published information on Flagstaff Hill in 1916. The name was entered into the Survey's Geographic Names Information System on March 31, 1981.

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