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'''Hill Cove''' is the third largest settlement on [[West Falkland]], in the [[Falkland Islands]], in the northwest. It is on the north coast, on the shore of [[Byron Sound]], and overlooks [[Port Egmont]] on [[Saunders Island]], the first British settlement in the islands. Behind the settlement is [[Mount Adam, Falkland Islands|Mount Adam]], which shelters it from southerly winds. | '''Hill Cove''' is the third largest settlement on [[West Falkland]], in the [[Falkland Islands]], in the northwest. It is on the north coast, on the shore of [[Byron Sound]], and overlooks [[Port Egmont]] on [[Saunders Island, Falkland Islands|Saunders Island]], the first British settlement in the islands. Behind the settlement is [[Mount Adam, Falkland Islands|Mount Adam]], which shelters it from southerly winds. | ||
This was one of the earliest settlements on West Falkland in the 19th century, which was not permanently inhabited until the 1860s. There are several houses here, including a former "bunkhouse" for single male farm workers.<ref name="Wigglesworth">Wigglesworth, Angela. (1992) ''Falkland People''. Pub. Peter Owen. ISBN 0-7206-0850-3.</ref> | This was one of the earliest settlements on West Falkland in the 19th century, which was not permanently inhabited until the 1860s. There are several houses here, including a former "bunkhouse" for single male farm workers.<ref name="Wigglesworth">Wigglesworth, Angela. (1992) ''Falkland People''. Pub. Peter Owen. ISBN 0-7206-0850-3.</ref> | ||
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 Aerial view of Hill Cove | |
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| Island: | West Falkland |
| Location: | 51°30’32"S, 60°8’33"W |
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Hill Cove is the third largest settlement on West Falkland, in the Falkland Islands, in the northwest. It is on the north coast, on the shore of Byron Sound, and overlooks Port Egmont on Saunders Island, the first British settlement in the islands. Behind the settlement is Mount Adam, which shelters it from southerly winds.
This was one of the earliest settlements on West Falkland in the 19th century, which was not permanently inhabited until the 1860s. There are several houses here, including a former "bunkhouse" for single male farm workers.[1]
It has the only "forest" in the islands, a wood which was planted in the 1880s, and enlarged in 1925; its closest rival is a small stand of trees on Carcass Island.[1]
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Coordinates: 51°30′32″S 60°08′33″W / 51.5090°S 60.1425°W