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The Cathedral in Stanley, capital of the Falkland Islands

Stanley, Falkland Islands

Stanley (also known as "Port Stanley") is the capital and only town in the Falkland Islands. It stands on the south shore of Stanley Harbour on the island of East Falkland.

The Falkland Islands Company owns several shops and a hotel. Stanley has four pubs, eleven hotels and guesthouses, three restaurants, a fish and chip shop and the main tourist office. The town hall serves as a post office, philatelic bureau, law court and dance hall. The Cathedral, the southernmost Protestant cathedral in the world, is the islands' only Anglican church. (Read more)