Rookery Bay
Rookery Bay is a bay in Falkland Islands. Rookery Bay is situated nearby to the locality Hookers Point, as well as near Horse Point.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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.
Rookery Bay
- Type: Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Falkland Islands, South America
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Latitude
-51.70513° or 51° 42′ 19″ southLongitude
-57.79663° or 57° 47′ 48″ westOpen location code
38W476V3+W8OpenStreetMap ID
node 4474294760OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
3426759
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Localities in the Area
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