Port William (

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: ''Puerto Groussac'') is a large inlet on the east coast of

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island. A strait called "the Narrows" leads into Stanley Harbour. Port William has several other bays on it, namely Gypsy Cove and Yorke Bay, which is a noted beauty spot, Hearnden Water, which is effectively the estuary of the Murrell River and Weir Creek,

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and Sparrow Cove. Kidney Island is just north of Port William. The peninsula on which

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and Gypsy Cove lie, together with a narrow spit of land known as Navy Point, effectively divides Port William from Stanley Harbour. As such this is the busiest waterway of the

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and frequently visited by

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s, freighters and navy vessels, although this has lessened since the building of the two airports at

RAF Mount Pleasant RAF Mount Pleasant (also known as Mount Pleasant Airport, Mount Pleasant Complex or MPA) is a Royal Air Force station in the British Overseas Territory of the Falkland Islands. The airfield goes by the motto of "Defend the right" (while the m ...

and Stanley Airport. It was enlarged as the result of glacial action. It was heavily mined due to the

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, however the last mine was removed in November 2020.

New deep water port

At a meeting of the

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(ExCo) on 24 October 2012 Members of the

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(MLAs) instructed officials of the

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(FIG) to proceed with costed proposals for a new deep water port and associated infrastructure at Port William.

References

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