Darwin | |
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Darwin in 2003 | |
![]() Location of the Falkland Islands | |
Coordinates: 51°48′24.8″S 58°57′31.3″W / 51.806889°S 58.958694°W | |
British Overseas Territory | ![]() |
Region | East Falkland |
Settled | 1859 |
Population | |
• Total | 7[1] |
Climate | ET |
Darwin is a settlement in Lafonia on East Falkland, Falkland Islands, lying on Choiseul Sound, on the east side of the island's central isthmus, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north of Goose Green. It was known occasionally (and still is from time to time) as Port Darwin.
Attractions in Darwin include a corral, the Galpon building which was home to nineteenth-century gauchos, the Argentine Military Cemetery, and birdlife both in the Sound and the pond. There is also a small racecourse here, for local amateur and hobby horse riders.