Whalebone Cove

Whalebone Cove is a bay in . Whalebone Cove is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

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.

Church
Photo: Travellers & Tinkers, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, in , , is the southernmost Anglican cathedral in the world. It is the parish church of the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the British Antarctic Territories.

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
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.

Whalebone Cove

Latitude
-51.68767° or 51° 41′ 16″ south
Longitude
-57.80552° or 57° 48′ 20″ west
Elevation
49 feet (15 metres)
Open location code
38W4856V+WQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4324849622
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
3426632
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Satellite Map

Discover Whalebone Cove from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lady Elizabeth and PLYM [b1903].

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