Flag point

	Flag point
	Geographical location
Coordinates	64 ° 49 ′ S , 63 ° 31 ′ W Coordinates: 64 ° 49 ′ S , 63 ° 31 ′ W
location	Wiencke Island ( Palmer Archipelago , West Antarctica )
Waters	Gerlache Street
Waters 2	Port Lockroy

The Flag Point is a headland on the west coast of Wiencke Island in the West Antarctic Palmer Archipelago . It is located 800 m east-southeast of Damoy Point and marks the entrance to Port Lockroy to the north .

Participants of the Fourth French Antarctic Expedition (1903-1905) under the direction of polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot discovered the headland. The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey made the designation in 1944 after the Union Jack was hoisted here in the course of Operation Tabarin .

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