San Carlos, Falkland Islands
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San Carlos is a settlement in northwestern East Falkland, lying south of Port San Carlos on San Carlos Water. It is sometimes nicknamed "JB" after a former owner, Jack Bonner.[1]
[edit] History
It is named after the ship San Carlos, which visited in 1768, 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.
[edit] 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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Coordinates: 51°30′10″S 58°59′29″W / 51.5027°S 58.9913°W
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