Yorke Bay
Yorke Bay is a bay on East Falkland in the Falkland Islands. It is located 800 metres north of Port Stanley Airport, 6.4 kilometres to the northeast of the capital city of Stanley, on a peninsula connected to the mainland by the Boxer Bridge and a narrow isthmus known as "The Neck".| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Port Stanley Airport and Canopus Hill.
Port Stanley Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Apcbg, Public domain.
Port Stanley Airport, also known as Stanley Airport, is a small civil airport in the Falkland Islands, two miles from the capital, Stanley. The airport is the only civilian airport in the islands with a paved runway.
Canopus Hill
Peak
Canopus Hill is located on the island of East Falkland near Stanley, the capital city of the Falkland Islands. 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.
Cape Pembroke
Locality
Cape Pembroke is the easternmost point of the Falkland Islands, and is on East Falkland. There is an automated lighthouse here.
Moody Brook
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Moody Brook is a small watercourse that flows into Stanley Harbour on East Falkland, Falkland Islands. It is near Stanley, 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
- Type: Bay
- Description: Bay in the Falkland Islands
- Category: body of water
- Location: Falkland Islands, South America
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Latitude
-51.67926° or 51° 40′ 45″ southLongitude
-57.80036° or 57° 48′ 1″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
38W485CX+7VOpenStreetMap ID
node 2320424528OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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Satellite Map
Discover Yorke Bay from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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
Delve into Stanley, Goose Green, Saunders Island, and Port Howard.
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