Hill Cove
Hill Cove | |
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![]() Hill Cove in April 1962 | |
Coordinates:51°30′17″S60°08′40″W/ 51.50472°S 60.14444°W | |
British Overseas Territory | ![]() |
Population (2012) | |
• Total | 16 |
Time zone | UTC−3(FKST[a]) |
Hill Coveis the third largest settlement onWest Falkland,in theFalkland Islands,in the north-west. It is on the north coast, on the shore ofByron Sound,and overlooksPort EgmontonSaunders Island,the first British settlement in the islands. Behind the settlement isMount Adam,which shelters it from southerly winds.
It 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. There is a smaller stand of trees onCarcass Island.[1]
The population of Hill Cove is 16 as of the 2012 Falkland Islands Census.[2]
References
[edit]- ^abWigglesworth, Angela. (1992)Falkland People.Pub. Peter Owen.ISBN0-7206-0850-3.
- ^.20 May 2013https://web.archive.org/web/20130520184434/http:// falklands.gov.fk/assets/Headline-Results-from-Census-2012.pdf.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 20 May 2013.Retrieved8 September2020.
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