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There are two seaports in the Falkland Islands, Stanley (East Falkland) and Fox Bay (West Falkland). Additionally, British forces in the islands use a port facility at Mare Harbour. The designated harbours in Stanley area include Berkeley Sound, Port William and Stanley Harbour itself. [14] Fox Bay is also a customs entry point for West Falkland.
A cruise ship and a squid trawler in Port William, from the site proposed for a new deep water port development. Early mapping of Port William (Dom Pernety, 1769) Map of the Falkland Islands showing Port William. Port William (French: Baye Choiseul, [1] Spanish: Puerto Groussac [2]) is a large inlet on the east coast of East Falkland island.
The facilities now incorporate several berths including: the main jetty, roro jetty, west jetty (principally used to berth the Royal Navy's Falkland Islands patrol vessel HMS Forth) and the main jetty (inner) (used to berth a multi-purpose barge (MP2003) and two harbour tugs (Giesenstroom and Dintelstroom), from the contracted Netherlands ...
The settlement provides the logistic base for Weddell Island’s sheep farming and tourist industries. Sea transportation is serviced by a 50-meter pier. The island’s airfield is situated 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi) north of Weddell Settlement, and has two intersecting unpaved runways (470 metres (1,540 ft) and 400 metres (1,300 ft) long respectively) used by the Falkland Islands Government Air ...
In the aftermath of the Falklands War, Stanley Harbour was the departure point for many of the Argentine POWs being transported back to Argentina. Due to the lack of accommodation, for a while, British troops were billetted on boats in the harbour.
List of Falkland Islands placenames; List of Scottish place names in other countries; List of rivers of the Falkland Islands; List of settlements in the Falkland Islands; MacBride Head; Map layout; Outline of the Falkland Islands; Port Albemarle; Port William, Falkland Islands; Queen Charlotte Bay; United Nations Security Council Resolution 502 ...
The sound was named by John Strong in 1690 for Viscount Falkland, the name only later being applied to the archipelago and its two largest islands. The Spanish name "Estrecho de San Carlos" refers to the ship San Carlos which visited in 1768; confusingly the English name "San Carlos Water" is a much smaller inlet on East Falkland - and gives its name to San Carlos, Port San Carlos and the San ...
The Baltic Ferry entered the Falkland Islands Exclusion zone on 25 May 1982, [8] she had been equipped with a helipad and carried three Army helicopters, 105 troops, and 1,874 tons of stores and ammunition to Ajax Bay on 1 June 1982. [4] [7] After the Falklands war, the vessel was moored in the inner harbour and used as a supply ship. Falkland ...