Port Egmont

Port Egmont was the first British settlement in the , on Saunders Island off , and is named after John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont, who was First Lord of the Admiralty at the time of its founding.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: abandoned human settlement
  • Also known as: “Jason’s Town”

Port Egmont

Latitude
-51.35379° or 51° 21′ 14″ south
Longitude
-60.06427° or 60° 3′ 51″ west
Inception
January 25th, 1765
Open location code
37WXJWWP+F7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 440681889
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Wiki­data ID
Q1013070
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Port Egmont” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ميناء إغمونت”
  • Chinese: “埃格蒙特港”
  • Danish: “Port Egmont”
  • Dutch: “Port Egmont”
  • French: “Port Egmont”
  • German: “Port Egmont”
  • Japanese: “ポート・エグモント”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Port Egmont”
  • Norwegian: “Port Egmont”
  • Portuguese: “Port Egmont”
  • Russian: “Порт-Эгмонт”
  • Spanish: “Port Egmont”
  • Spanish: “Puerto de la Cruzada”
  • Spanish: “Puerto Egmont”
  • Ukrainian: “Порт Егмонт”
  • Ukrainian: “Порт-Егмонт”

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