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Stanley (also known as Port Stanley) is the capital city of the Falkland Islands. It is located on the island of East Falkland, on a north-facing slope in one of the wettest parts of the islands. At the 2016 census, the city had a population of 2,460. [1] The entire population of the Falkland Islands was 3,398 on Census Day - 9 October 2016.
Stanley Harbour from the air, with the hulk of Lady Elizabeth in the left foreground Stanley Harbour and the town, from the air Early mapping of Stanley Harbour (Dom Pernety, 1769) Stanley Harbour is a large inlet on the east coast of East Falkland island. A strait called "the Narrows" leads into Port William.
Gypsy Cove in Yorke Bay in 2019, with penguins on the beach Early mapping of Yorke Bay (Dom Pernety, 1769). Yorke Bay is a bay on East Falkland in the Falkland Islands.It is located half a mile north of Port Stanley Airport, four miles to the northeast of the capital city of Stanley, on a peninsula connected to the mainland by the Boxer Bridge and a narrow isthmus known as "The Neck".
Map of the Falkland Islands. The Falkland Islands have a land area of 4,700 sq mi (12,000 km 2) ... Port Stanley Airport provides internal flights. [148]
Map showing the Port Stanley area and Blanco Bay. Blanco Bay is a bay located to the north of Stanley, Falkland Islands. It contains the Sparrow Cove. Gypsy Cove and the smaller Yorke Bay lie in its southern part to the northwest of Port Stanley Airport. A small channel passes through to the town of Port Stanley itself.
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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. In 2020 the government awarded a contract to BAM Nuttall to design and build a new port for the Falklands. [15] [16] The Falkland Islands do not have a merchant navy.
Volunteer Point is one of the easternmost points of the islands, but Cape Pembroke is the furthest east. During the Falklands War, Argentine commanders considered it a potential British landing point because it was far from continental Argentine airbases (e.g. Rio Grande, Comodoro Rivadavia), and those at Pebble Island and as a strategic foothold for any British force wishing to retake Stanley ...