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The Hornby Mountains (or "hills") are a mountain range on West Falkland in the Falkland Islands. Mount Maria is a mountain in this range. The range runs in a group of ridges parallel to Falkland Sound.
The Hornby Mountains, have experienced tectonic forces of uplift and folding by which the quartzite beds of Argentine Port are inclined to the vertical.
The Falkland Islands are located in the South Atlantic Ocean between 51°S and 53°S on a projection of the Patagonian Shelf, part of the South American continental shelf. In ancient geological time this shelf was part of Gondwana, and around 400 million years ago split from what is now Africa and drifted westwards from it. Today the islands are subjected to the Roaring Forties, winds that shape both their geography and climate.
West Falkland is the second largest of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. It is a hilly island, separated from East Falkland by the Falkland Sound. Its area is 4,532 square kilometres, 37% of the total area of the islands. Its coastline is 1,258.7 kilometres long.
Pebble Island is one of the Falkland Islands, situated north of West Falkland. It is possibly named after the peculiarly spherical pebbles found at its western tip.
The Falkland Sound is a sea strait in the Falkland Islands. Running southwest-northeast, it separates West and East Falkland.
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. The settlement consists of a number of properties including a dwelling with a small cafe which also provides craft facilities. As noted in the history section, there is a small museum that pays homage to the Falklands Conflict as well as local nature and culture.
The Camp is the term used in the Falkland Islands to refer to any part of the islands outside the islands' only significant town, Stanley, and often the large RAF base at Mount Pleasant. It is derived from the Spanish word campo, for "countryside".
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. It is sometimes nicknamed "KC" after former owner Keith Cameron.
Mount Maria is a mountain of the Hornby Mountains, adjacent to Port Howard, on West Falkland island. It reaches a height of approximately 2,160 feet (660 m).
Mount Frissell, 2,454 feet (748 m), which straddles the border of southwest Massachusetts and northwest Connecticut, is part of the Taconic Range. Frissel's south slopes include the highest point in Connecticut.
Warrah River is one of the two largest watercourses on West Falkland. It is named after the Falkland Islands wolf or "warrah". The last warrah was shot on this island in 1876.
San Carlos Water is a bay/fjord on the west coast of East Falkland, facing onto the Falkland Sound.
Mount Moody is a hill in the Hornby Mountains on West Falkland, in the Falkland Islands. At 554 metres (1,816 ft), it is the second highest of the Hornby Mountains, after Mount Maria, and the third highest on West Falkland, after Mount Maria and Mount Adam. Like the other Hornby Mountains, Mount Moody consists of a ridge running south-south-west to north-north-west in parallel to the Falkland Sound.
Grantham Sound is a bay on East Falkland, Falkland Islands, which opens out into the Falkland Sound. At its landward end, it narrows and becomes Brenton Loch. Mount Usborne overlooks it.
Mount Robinson is a mountain on West Falkland. It was known as "Monte Independencia" in Spanish until it was found Mount Adam was higher. It is the second highest point on the island. It is close to the source of the Warrah River.
The Sussex Mountains are in the west of East Falkland. They are at the south east edge of San Carlos Water, and north shore of Grantham Sound.
The Falkland Islands Government Office in London is the representative office of the British Overseas Territory of the Falkland Islands in the United Kingdom, also referred to as Falkland House. It was opened in 1983, one year after the Falklands War.
Circum Peak is a mountain rising to 198 m (650 ft) in the southeast part of Weddell Island in the Falkland Islands. It is located at, which is 2.12 km (1.32 mi) southeast of Mount Weddell, and surmounts New Year Cove to the southeast and Gull Harbour to the northeast.
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