Blue Beach Military Cemetery at San Carlos
Blue Beach Military Cemetery at San Carlos is a British war cemetery located in the Falkland Islands, where the remains of 14 of the 255 British servicemen who were killed during the 1982 Falklands War are buried, along with one serviceman who died in early 1984.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Memorial
- Description: Military Cemetery
- Also known as: “Blue Beach Cemetery”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ajax Bay.
Ajax Bay
Photo: Chris Pearson, CC BY 2.0.
Ajax Bay is an abandoned former refrigeration plant and wartime landing point on the north-west coast of East Falkland in the Falkland Islands, facing San Carlos Water a few miles from Port San Carlos. Ajax Bay is situated 2 miles west of Blue Beach Military Cemetery at San Carlos.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San Carlos and Port San Carlos.
San Carlos
Village
Photo: Apcbg, Public domain.
San Carlos is a settlement in northwestern East Falkland, lying south of Port San Carlos on San Carlos Water. It is sometimes nicknamed "JB" after a former owner, Jack Bonner.
Port San Carlos
Hamlet
Photo: Apcbg, Public domain.
Port San Carlos is located on the northern bank of the inlet known as Port San Carlos, off San Carlos Water on the Western coast of East Falkland, in the Falkland Islands. Port San Carlos is situated 5 miles north of Blue Beach Military Cemetery at San Carlos.
Blue Beach Military Cemetery at San Carlos
- Categories: military cemetery, cemetery, and historic site
- Location: Falkland Islands, South America
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Latitude
-51.57364° or 51° 34′ 25″ southLongitude
-59.03668° or 59° 2′ 12″ westOpen location code
38W2CXG7+G8OpenStreetMap ID
way 424512274OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q621034
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Blue Beach Military Cemetery at San Carlos” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “藍灘軍人墳場”
- Hebrew: “בית הקברות הצבאי ‘החוף הכחול’ בסן קרלוס”
- Hebrew: “בית הקברות הצבאי סן קרלוס”
- Spanish: “Cementerio de Playa Azul”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bomb Crater and Bomb Crater.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Blue Beach Farm and Kingsford Valley Farm.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Blue Beach Military Cemetery at San Carlos”. Photo: John5199, CC BY 2.0.