Orqueta Creek is a stream in the center of the
East Falkland in the
Falkland Islands, more precisely north of
Lafonia and south of
Goose Green
Goose Green is a settlement in Lafonia on East Falkland in the Falkland Islands. It lies on Choiseul Sound, on the east side of the island's central isthmus, south-southwest of Darwin. With a population of about 40, it is the third-largest s ...
, which flows eastward and flows into
Bodie Creek. Throughout its stream, it crosses the settlement of
Orqueta
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 rio ...
. The toponym of Horqueta in
Falkland Islands English goes back to the
gauchos
Rioplantenses who inhabited the area towards mid of 19th 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
Rivers of East Falkland
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