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Falkland Islands

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0151.697° S · 57.852° W
Place guide · Christ Church CathedralChrist Church Cathedral

The southernmost cathedral in the world, built between 1891 and 1933, its distinctive 32-metre tower watches over the harbour of Stanley, capital of the Falkland Islands.

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0251.698° S · 57.851° W
Place guide · Falkland Islands MuseumFalkland Islands Museum

The national museum of the Falkland Islands, located in Stanley, housing displays on the islands' natural history, maritime heritage, British settlement and the 1982 conflict.

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0351.642° S · 57.789° W
Place guide · Gypsy CoveGypsy Cove

A small nature reserve and cove on the eastern approach to Stanley, East Falkland, where Magellanic penguins nest in burrows along the hillside above a white-sand beach accessible by a short walking track from the road.

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0451.717° S · 58.967° W
Place guide · Mount UsborneMount Usborne

At 705 metres, the highest peak in the Falkland Islands, located in the Wickham Heights of East Falkland, a landscape of exposed granite, peaty moorland and strong sub-Antarctic wind.

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0551.833° S · 59.483° W
Place guide · Port HowardPort Howard

The largest settlement on West Falkland, a farming community on the sheltered waters of Falkland Sound, with historic farm buildings, local wildlife and a small airstrip connecting it to Stanley.

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0651.483° S · 57.850° W
Place guide · Volunteer PointVolunteer Point

A beach and headland on the north-east coast of East Falkland that hosts the largest king penguin colony in the Falkland Islands, with thousands of birds drawn to the exposed sandy shore each breeding season.

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