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Chartres, Falkland Islands
Chartres is one of the main settlements on West Falkland, in the Falkland Islands. It is on the west coast of West Falkland, at the mouth of Chartres River, at the eastern shore of King George Bay. One of the two only proper roads on West Falkland runs between Chartres and Port Howard. It is one of the closest settlements to Mount Adam to the North, the highest point on West Falkland. Chartres and the Chartres River Chartres River is one of the two largest watercourses on West Falkland, along with the Warrah River. References Rivers of West Falkland {{Falklands-river-stub ... were named after Edward Chartres, the surgeon aboard . References Populated places on West Falkland {{Falklands-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Falkland
West Falkland ( es, Isla Gran Malvina) is the second largest of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. It is a hilly island, separated from East Falkland by the Falkland Sound. Its area is , 37% of the total area of the islands. Its coastline is long. Population The island has fewer than 200 people, scattered around the coastline. The largest settlement is Port Howard on the east coast, which has an airstrip. Other settlements include Albemarle, Chartres, Dunnose Head, Fox Bay, Fox Bay West, Hill Cove, Port Stephens, and Roy Cove, most of which are linked by road and also have airstrips and harbours. In 1986, the population was 265, in 2001, it had fallen to 144 and rose to 160 in 2016. Because West Falkland is outside Stanley or RAF Mount Pleasant on East Falkland it is considered part of the "camp", a Falklander term for the area outside the main settlement. Geography and wildlife West Falkland is hillier on the side closest to East Falkland. The principal mounta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falkland Islands
The Falkland Islands (; es, Islas Malvinas, link=no ) is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about east of South America's southern Patagonian coast and about from Cape Dubouzet at the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, at a latitude of about 52°S. The archipelago, with an area of , comprises East Falkland, West Falkland, and 776 smaller islands. As a British overseas territory, the Falklands have internal self-governance, but the United Kingdom takes responsibility for their defence and foreign affairs. The capital and largest settlement is Stanley on East Falkland. Controversy exists over the Falklands' discovery and subsequent colonisation by Europeans. At various times, the islands have had French, British, Spanish, and Argentine settlements. Britain reasserted its rule in 1833, but Argentina maintains its claim to the islands. In April 1982, Argentine military forces invaded the islands. British a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Howard
Port Howard (Spanish/Argentine name: ''Puerto Mitre''; sometimes ''Puerto Howard'' in Spanish) is the largest settlement on West Falkland (unless Fox Bay is taken as one settlement, instead of two). It is in the east of the island, on an inlet of Falkland Sound. It is on the lower slopes of Mount Maria (part of the Hornby Mountains range). Port Howard is the centre of an 800-square-kilometre (200,000-acre) sheep farm, with twenty-two permanent residents and over 40,000 sheep. Sometimes this population is doubled by transitory residents. The settlement has two airstrips which receive regular flights from Stanley, Falkland Islands, Stanley, and it is also the West Terminal of the new East-West Ferry. Falkland Islands Tourist Board, West Falkland The Falkland Islands Government built a network of all weather roads aroun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Adam, Falkland Islands
Mount Adam (Spanish: "Monte Independencia/Monte Beaufort") is a mountain on West Falkland, part of the Hill Cove Mountains range. It is the highest mountain on West Falkland and is the second highest in the islands. It has the remains of glacial cirques on it, and is only lower than Mount Usborne, the highest peak of the Falkland Islands on East Falkland. Its summit is at . It is south west of Mount Edgeworth. The closest settlements are Hill Cove to the North, and Chartres to the South. As one of the highest mountains of the Falklands, it experienced some glaciation. The handful of mountains over have: :''"pronounced corries with small glacial lakes at their bases, morainic ridges deposited below the corries suggest that the glaciers and ice domes were confined to areas of maximum elevation with other parts of the islands experiencing a periglacial climate''"Strange, Ian (1983) ''The Falkland Islands'' References * Stonehouse, B (ed.) ''Encyclopedia of Antarctica and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Chartres
Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Saxon England, but the rule of the Norman and Plantagenet dynasties had effectively ended its use amongst the upper classes. The popularity of the name was revived when Henry III named his firstborn son, the future Edward I, as part of his efforts to promote a cult around Edward the Confessor, for whom Henry had a deep admiration. Variant forms The name has been adopted in the Iberian peninsula since the 15th century, due to Edward, King of Portugal, whose mother was English. The Spanish/Portuguese forms of the name are Eduardo and Duarte. Other variant forms include French Édouard, Italian Edoardo and Odoardo, German, Dutch, Czech and Romanian Eduard and Scandinavian Edvard. Short forms include Ed, Eddy, Eddie, Ted, Teddy and Ned. P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Falkland Islands Journal
''The Falkland Islands Journal'' is an annual academic journal covering all aspects of research on the Falkland Islands. It was established in 1967.Walton, D.W.H. "The ''Falkland Islands Journal''" in ''Polar Record'', Volume 22, Issue 140, May 1985, pp. 537–538. The first editor-in-chief was W.H. Thompson, Colonial Secretary to the Falkland Islands Government The politics of the Falkland Islands takes place in a framework of a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary representative democratic dependency as set out by the constitution, whereby the Governor exercises the duties of head of state in the ..., who in the first issue wrote that "(t)he idea behind the Journal is to promote interest in the Falkland Islands and their history. Editorial policy is to publish items of interest from the past and present. Politics do not come into it." Since 1990, the editor has been Jim McAdam ( Queen's University Belfast). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
