Green Patch

Green Patch
Falkland Islands
Location
Island:	East Falkland
Location:	51°31’49"S, 58°7’43"W
Data
Local Government

Green Patch is a settlement on East Falkland, in the Falkland Islands. It is on the north-east coast of the island, a few miles south-east of Port Louis, both standing on the shore of Port Louis Harbour, an inner water of Berkeley Sound; Green Patch on the south shore and Port Louis the north.

The settlement looks out onto Long Island and Hog Island.

This was the location of an experiment to try to remedy the land ownership imbalance in the islands:

In an effort to alleviate this problem of dependence [outlined in the Shackleton report], and notably to offer opportunity to those requiring their own stake in the economy by obtaining land, the Falkland Islands Company sold their Green Patch holding of 72,000 acres, situated north of Stanley. This was acquired by the Falkland Islands Government, subdivided into six separate holdings and in 1980 was leased to applicants, with an option to apply for freehold possession after twenty years.