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Fox Bay West Settlement (West Settlement) (West Falkland) Goose Green Settlement (East Falkland) Green Patch Settlement (East Falkland) Hill Cove (West Falkland) Hope Cottage; Hope Place (Lafonia/East Falkland, abandoned) Horseshoe Bay; Johnson's Harbour (East Falkland) Keppel Settlement (on Keppel Island) Lively Settlement (on Lively Island ...
Location of Port Egmont, Falkland Islands. Port Egmont (Spanish: Puerto de la Cruzada; French: Poil de la Croisade) was the first British settlement in the Falkland Islands, on Saunders Island off West Falkland, and is named after John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont, who was First Lord of the Admiralty at the time of its founding.
Malaga Island is a 41-acre (170,000 m 2) island at the mouth of the New Meadows River in Casco Bay, Maine, United States. It was the site of an interracial community from the American Civil War until 1911, when the residents were forcibly evicted from the island. [ 3 ]
Port Egmont on the island was the site of the first British settlement, established in 1765.. Unaware of the French presence at Port Louis, in January 1765, British captain John Byron explored and claimed Saunders Island, at the western end of the Falkland Islands, where he named the harbour of Port Egmont, and sailed near other islands, which he also claimed for King George III.
Cathleen Stone Island, also known as Thompson Island, is a 170-acre (69 ha) island in the Dorchester Bay section of Boston Harbor, offshore from downtown Boston, Massachusetts. It is located slightly more than 4 miles (6.4 km) from Boston's Long Wharf via boat, [ 1 ] while approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) straight-line distance from Boston's ...
Columbus Isle, a Club Med resort, is located just north of the main settlement at Cockburn Town. The island is home to many shallow-water coral reefs, where snorkellers can observe hundreds of fish species without the use of scuba equipment. The Pleistocene Cockburn Town Fossil Reef is near the main town and resort. [36]
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Keppel Island (Spanish: Isla Vigía) is one of the Falkland Islands, lying between Saunders and Pebble islands, and near Golding Island to the north of West Falkland on Keppel Sound. It has an area of 3,626 hectares (8,960 acres) and its highest point, Mt. Keppel, is 341 metres (1,119 ft) high.