Rookery Bay

Rookery Bay is a bay in . Rookery Bay 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.

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.

Rookery Bay

Latitude
-51.70513° or 51° 42′ 19″ south
Longitude
-57.79663° or 57° 47′ 48″ west
Open location code
38W476V3+W8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4474294760
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
3426759
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Localities in the Area

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Highlights include LILY [b1886] and WEDDELL [b1940].

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