Canopus Hill
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Port Stanley Airport.
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.
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. Moody Brook is situated 6 miles west of Canopus Hill.
Canopus Hill
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 72 feet
- Description: mountain in the Falkland Islands
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Falkland Islands, South America
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Latitude
-51.68936° or 51° 41′ 22″ southLongitude
-57.78327° or 57° 46′ 60″ westElevation
72 feet (22 metres)Open location code
38W48668+7MOpenStreetMap ID
node 4360293795OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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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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