Hill Cove is the third largest settlement 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 ...
, in the north-west. It is on the north coast, on the shore of
Byron Sound
Byron Sound () is a large fjord-like bay on the coast of West Falkland in the Falkland Islands, facing northwards. There is one main settlement on the bay: Hill Cove, and it contains numerous islands, including Saunders Island. It appears to be ...
, and overlooks
Port Egmont
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 the Earl of Egmont.
Toponym
The original name ...
on
Saunders Island, the first British settlement in the islands. Behind the settlement is
Mount Adam, which shelters it from southerly winds.
It was one of the earliest settlements on West Falkland in the 19th century, which was not permanently inhabited until the 1860s. There are several houses here, including a former "bunkhouse" for single male farm workers.
[Wigglesworth, Angela. (1992) ''Falkland People''. Pub. Peter Owen. .]
It has the only "forest" in the islands, a wood which was planted in the 1880s and enlarged in 1925. There is a smaller stand of trees on
Carcass Island
Carcass Island ( es, Isla del Rosario) is the largest of the West Point Island Group of the Falkland Islands.
Description
It lies north-west of West Falkland and south-east of the Jason Islands. It is in length, has a maximum width of , and i ...
.
The population of Hill Cove is 16 as of the 2012 Falkland Islands Census.
References
{{Falkland Islands topics
Populated places on West Falkland