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Falklands

Two of our landings in the Falkland Islands were at West Point and Port Stanley. West Point is a small, privately-owned island. We stopped here mainly to see the Rockhopper penguin and Black-browed albatross breeding colonies (see the Penguin and Albatross galleries). Port Stanley is the capital of the Falklands and its major city. We stopped to visit the town and a wildlife refuge called Gypsy Cove where we saw Magellanic penguins nesting amongst unsettling reminders of the war. The beaches were blocked by barbed-wire fences indicating remnant minefields and bomb-disposal activities from the 1982 war between Argentina and the UK.
West Point Island
West Point Island
West Point Island
West Point Island
Port Stanley
Port Stanley
Gypsy Cove scenery
Gypsy Cove scenery
Gypsy Cove scenery
Gypsy Cove scenery
Gypsy Cove scenery
Gypsy Cove scenery
Gypsy Cove minefield sign
Gypsy Cove minefield sign
Gypsy Cove minefield sign
Gypsy Cove minefield sign
Bomb Disposal Unit, Port Stanley
Bomb Disposal Unit, Port Stanley
Bomb Disposal Unit, Port Stanley
Bomb Disposal Unit, Port Stanley