Chartres is one of the main settlements on
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 coastli ...
, in the
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 ...
. It is on the west coast of West Falkland, at the mouth of
Chartres River
Chartres River is one of the two largest watercourses on West Falkland, along with the Warrah River.
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Rivers of West Falkland
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, at the eastern shore of King George Bay. One of the two only proper roads on West Falkland runs between Chartres and
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 o ...
. 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.
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Rivers of West Falkland
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were named after
Edward Chartres, the surgeon aboard .
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Populated places on West Falkland
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