Canopus Hill

Canopus Hill 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.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Port Stanley Airport.

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.

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. is situated 6 miles west of Canopus Hill.

Canopus Hill

Latitude
-51.68936° or 51° 41′ 22″ south
Longitude
-57.78327° or 57° 46′ 60″ west
Elevation
72 feet (22 metres)
Open location code
38W48668+7M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4360293795
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
3427125
Wiki­data ID
Q5033425
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Satellite Map

Discover Canopus Hill from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Canopus Hill” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Canopus Hill”
  • Dutch: “Canopus Hill”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل كانوپوس هيل”
  • French: “Canopus Hill”
  • Japanese: “カノーパス・ヒル”
  • Swedish: “Canopus Hill (kulle i Falklandsöarna)”
  • Swedish: “Canopus Hill”

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