San Carlos, Falkland Islands
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San Carlos is a settlement in northwestern East Falkland, lying south of Port San Carlos on San Carlos Water. It is named after the ship San Carlos, which visited in 1768, and grew in the early twentieth century around a factory which froze sheep carcasses.
San Carlos was the main British Army bridgehead during the Falklands War, and a museum and the British War Cemetery commemorate that period.
Geography: Barren Island • Beaver Island • Beauchene Island • Bleaker Island • Carcass Island • East Falkland • George Island • Jason Islands • Keppel Island • Lively Island • New Island • Pebble Island • Saunders Island • Sea Lion Island • Speedwell Island • Staats Island • Weddell Island • West Falkland • West Point Island
Government: Government House • Governor • Legislative Council • Politics • Sovereignty
Locations: Airport • Camp • Darwin • Goose Green • Port Egmont • Port Howard • Port Louis • Port San Carlos • Salvador • San Carlos • Stanley
Military: British Forces South Atlantic Islands • Falkland Islands Defence Force • RAF Mount Pleasant
Society: Coat of arms • Communications • Culture • Flag • Transport • Web domain