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Port Albemarle

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Map of the Falkland Islands showing Port Albemarle.

Port Albemarle (Spanish: Puerto Santa Eufemia[1]) is a settlement on West Falkland, in the Falkland Islands. It is in the far south of the island, on the east side, at the southern end of Falkland Sound. It lies at the entrance of Lucas Bay and Northwest Arm, and the water has a depth between 10 fathoms (60 ft; 18 m) and 16 fathoms (96 ft; 29 m).[2]

Owing to its large harbour, Albemarle became a successful sealing station, which started there in 1928,[3] 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 like Ajax Bay, and included its own power station, jetty, Nissen huts etc.[4] These have all been abandoned, the sealing enterprise was last attempted between 1950 and 1953, but the low numbers of seals could not justify the endeavour.[5] There is still a sheep station at Port Albemarle, which when it is not being used for sheep-shearing, the buildings are rented out to tourists.[6] Turnbull Inlet near to Port Albemarle was named after a fallen British serviceman during the Falklands War. This was a project commissioned in 2022 as part of the 40th anniversary commemorations where over 250 landforms were identified and named after those who had died in the conflict.[7][8][9][10]

The Arch Islands are near here,[11] which have a large population of Gentoo penguins,[12] and the small uninhabited Peat Island also lies 400 metres (1,300 ft) offshore.[13]

References

  1. "The toponymy of the Falkland Islands as recorded on maps and in gazetteers" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  2. Sailing directions for South America. Washington: Defense Mapping Agency. 1976. p. 116. OCLC 2329879.
  3. Poncet, Sally; Passfield, Ken (July 2011). "Island Visit Reports for 35 tussac islands surveyed between 2009 and 2011" (PDF). falklandsconservation.com. p. 66. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  4. "History of the Falkland Islands". www.the-falkland-islands-co.com. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  5. Wheeler, Tony (2004). The Falklands & South Georgia Island. London: Lonely Planet. p. 20. ISBN 1740596439.
  6. Bernhardson, Wayne (2014). Patagonia: including the Falkland Islands. Berkeley: Avalon Travel. p. 492. ISBN 9781612389127.
  7. "Falkland Island landmarks named after 238 fallen in 1982". hmsardent.org. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  8. "Freedom of the Falkland Islands". assembly.gov.fk. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  9. "Falklands map with the names of British fallen during the 1982 Liberation of the Islands". MercoPress. 26 November 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  10. "2023 GOR IP TurnbullIE – South Atlantic Medal Association (82)". sama82.org.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  11. Hitchfield, J (1893). The South America pilot. Part I. East coast of South America : from Cape St. Roque to Cape Virgins, including Falkland, South Georgia (4 ed.). London: Darling & Son. p. 354. OCLC 37335706.
  12. Wheeler, Tony (2004). The Falklands & South Georgia Island. London: Lonely Planet. p. 120. ISBN 1740596439.
  13. Poncet, Sally; Passfield, Ken (July 2011). "Island Visit Reports for 35 tussac islands surveyed between 2009 and 2011" (PDF). falklandsconservation.com. p. 81. Retrieved 2 May 2026.

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