Yorke Bay

Yorke Bay is a bay on in the . It is located 800 metres north of , 6.4 kilometres to the northeast of the capital city of , on a peninsula connected to the mainland by the Boxer Bridge and a narrow isthmus known as "The Neck".
Wikipedia
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Port Stanley Airport and Canopus Hill.

Aerodrome
Photo: Apcbg, Public domain.
, also known as Stanley Airport, is a small civil in the , two miles from the capital, . The airport is the only civilian airport in the islands with a paved runway.

Peak
is located on the of near , the capital city of the . It is named after HMS Canopus, which fired the first shots in the Battle of the Falkland Islands during World War I.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cape Pembroke and Moody Brook.

Locality
Photo: DagosNavy, CC BY 2.0.
is the easternmost point of the , and is on . There is an automated lighthouse here.

Locality
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is a small watercourse that flows into Stanley Harbour on , . It is near , just to the northwest, and was formerly the location of the town barracks, which were attacked in Operation Rosario, the 1982 Argentine Invasion of the Falkland Islands.

Yorke Bay

Latitude
-51.67926° or 51° 40′ 45″ south
Longitude
-57.80036° or 57° 48′ 1″ west
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Open location code
38W485CX+7V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2320424528
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
3426612
Wiki­data ID
Q14900374
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Satellite Map

Discover Yorke Bay from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Yorke Bay” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Yorke Bay”
  • Chinese: “約克灣”
  • French: “Yorke Bay”
  • Japanese: “ヨーク湾”
  • Spanish: “Bahia Yorke”
  • Spanish: “Bahía Yorke”
  • Swedish: “Yorke Bay”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Gypsy Cove Penguin Colony and Ordnance Point.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include PLYM [b1903] and Mary Hill.

Falkland Islands: Must-Visit Destinations

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