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Revision as of 20:45, 1 March 2013
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]
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.
References
- ^ Lewis, Jason. "Falklands Information Web - Widley used Falklands Acronyms". Retrieved 2010-08-07.
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See also
51°30′10″S 58°59′29″W / 51.5027°S 58.9913°W
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