North Arm
North Arm | |
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  North Arm North Arm within the Falkland Islands  North Arm North Arm (South America) | |
| Coordinates:52°07′25″S59°22′02″W/ 52.12361°S 59.36722°W | |
| British Overseas Territory |  Falkland Islands |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 25 |
| Time zone | UTC−3(FKST[a]) |
North Armis a settlement inLafonia,the southern part ofEast Falkland,in theFalkland Islands,It is on the south coast, on the shore of theBay of Harbours,and overlooksSea Lion Islandin the distance. In 2007, the population was 25 people, six of them children.[1]It is the largest settlement on East Falkland south ofGoose Green.North Arm is 90 miles (140 km) fromStanley,and it takes four and a half hours to drive there.[2]
- "In the 1893-4 season, the steam shearing machine was introduced to theFalkland Islands Companyfarm at North Arm."[3]
Despite this hand shearing continued at many other farms until the early 1960s.
North Arm was owned by theFalkland Islands Companyuntil 1991, when it was sold to the government.[2]There is a school, a community centre and a shop that opens for three hours a week.[1]
The North Arm farm itself is 277,000 acres (1,120 km2) in size.
The settlement is notable for the still unresolved disappearance and subsequent suspected murder of Royal MarineAlan Addisin August of 1980.
References
[edit]- ^ab"30 Years Since the Falklands War - the Atlantic".
- ^abWigglesworth, Angela. (1992)Falkland People.Pub. Peter Owen.ISBN0-7206-0850-3.
- ^Strange, Ian (1983)The Falkland Islands
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