Port Albemarle (
Spanish
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: ''Puerto Santa Eufemia''
) is a 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 ...
. It is in the far south of the island, on the east side, at the southern end of
Falkland Sound
The Falkland Sound ( es, Estrecho de San Carlos) is a sea strait in the Falkland Islands. Running southwest-northeast, it separates West and East Falkland.
Name
The sound was named by John Strong in 1690 for Viscount Falkland, the name only l ...
.
Owing to its large harbour, Albemarle became a successful
sealing station, during the late 19th century, and the ruins of the buildings are still to be seen. It was enlarged during the post-World War II period by the
Colonial Development Company
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Ajax Bay
Ajax Bay is a settlement on East Falkland, in the Falkland Islands. It is on the north west coast, on the shore of San Carlos Water, a few miles from Port San Carlos. It was mainly a refrigeration plant, and was developed by the Colonial Develo ...
, and included its own power station, jetty, Nissen huts etc.. These have all been abandoned, but there is still a sheep station here.
The
Arch Islands are near here.
References
Populated places on West Falkland
History of the Falkland Islands
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