San Carlos
San Carlos is a settlement in north-western East Falkland, lying south of Port San Carlos on San Carlos Water. It is sometimes nicknamed "JB" after a former owner, Jack Bonner.[1]
San Carlos is south of its namesake, Port San Carlos. Both are named from San Carlos Water, which is named after an eighteenth century ship which explored these waters.
History
The Spanish ship San Carlos visited in 1768 but settlement awaited the re-establishment of British rule in the nineteenth century.
The settlement was created as a farm and grew in the early twentieth century around a factory which froze sheep carcasses.
San Carlos was the main British Army bridgehead during the Falklands War, when it was codenamed "Blue Beach". A museum and the Blue Beach Military Cemetery at San Carlos commemorate that period.
See also
References
- ↑ Lewis, Jason; Inglis, Alison. "Falklands Information Web - Widley used Falklands Acronyms". http://www.falklands.info/background/acro.html. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
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