Cape Pembroke ( es, Cabo San Felipe) is the easternmost point of the

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, and is on

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. There is an automated lighthouse here.

Lighthouse

An automated lighthouse on Cape Pembroke was built in 1855, and rebuilt in 1906, and was restored in the 1990s. Previously, the nearby Billy Rock offshore had claimed fifteen ships, and there were unlit markers here. The original light used

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oil, but as it burnt a thousand gallons a year, sea lion oil was attempted as a substitute. When it was rebuilt in 1906, it was converted to paraffin and worked by clockwork. After

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a less romantic structure was built to the east. A small lighthouse keepers cottage used to stand here. The lighthouse itself is now a

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Farm and James Smith

In the late nineteenth century, Cape Pembroke peninsula was a small farm, which the islands' government leased to James Smith of

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. There were few such small farms in the islands and James Smith was ardent in his support of agrarian reform.

''Atlantic Conveyor'' memorial

In June 2007,

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unveiled a memorial to the , a merchant ship requisitioned by the British military during the Falklands Conflict of 1982. the ship was attacked by Argentine fighters and the resultant explosions killed 12 sailors. Whilst under tow after the event, she sunk off the north eastern coast of the Falkland Islands.

Gallery

Cape Pembroke breakers.jpg, Breakers crashing over Cape Pembroke on the eastern side of East Falkland Atlantic Conveyor memorial at Cape Pembroke.jpg, A memorial unveiled in 2007 to the SS ''Atlantic Conveyor'' at Cape Pembroke in the Falkland Islands

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* {{Authority control , additional=Q3378557 Pembroke, Cape History of the Falkland Islands Lighthouses in South America Lighthouses completed in 1855 Lighthouses completed in 1906 1855 establishments in South America 1855 establishments in the British Empire