Orqueta ( es, Horqueta) is a settlement located in the north center of Lafonia, on
East Falkland,
Falkland Islands, on the
Orqueta Creek and west of
Bodie Creek. The name in
Falkland Islands English of Orqueta goes back to the
gauchos
rioplatenses that inhabited the area around the middle of the nineteenth century and refers to the
Paspalum notatum
''Paspalum notatum'', known commonly as bahiagrass, common bahia, and Pensacola bahia, is a tropical to subtropical perennial grass (family Poaceae). It is known for its prominent V-shaped inflorescence consisting of two spike-like racemes cont ...
.
[Spruce, Joan. ''Corrals and Gauchos: Some of the people and places involved in the cattle industry''. Falklands Conservation Publication. Bangor: Peregrine Publishing, 1992. 48 pp.]
References
Populated places on East Falkland
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