Port Egmont
Port Egmont was the first British settlement in the Falkland Islands, on Saunders Island off West Falkland, and is named after John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont, who was First Lord of the Admiralty at the time of its founding.
- Locality
- …is also known as “Jason’s Town”
- Description: abandoned human settlement
- Established: January 25, 1765
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- Location
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Latitude
-51.35379° or 51° 21′ 14″ south
Longitude
-60.06427° or 60° 3′ 51″ west
Open location code
37WXJWWP+F7
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = archaeological_site
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place = locality
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Port Egmont” goes by many names.
ميناء إغمونتArabic
埃格蒙特港Chinese
Port EgmontDanish
Port EgmontDutch
ポート・エグモントJapanese
Port EgmontNorwegian
Port EgmontNorwegian Bokmål
Порт-ЭгмонтRussian
Порт ЕгмонтUkrainian
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