Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
The great peat slip of 1886, a landslide which killed two people and damaged numerous buildings, wiped out Stanley’s Holy Trinity Church. The foundation…
Must-see attractions in Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
Vernet’s lieutenant Matthew Brisbane was murdered by gauchos after British naval officer JJ Onslow left him in charge of Port Louis in August 1833. In…
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
Open whenever tour ships are in port, this museum contains artifacts from everyday life, natural-history specimens and a fine collection relating to the…
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
This museum incorporates the remains of a rough stone hut built by Captain Barnard, marooned here after an encounter with the crew of a shipwrecked…
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Stanley Cemetery & Memorial Wood
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
At the eastern end of Ross Rd, Stanley Cemetery holds among its graves the tombstones of three young Whitingtons, children of an unsuccessful 19th-century…
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
Perhaps Stanley’s most photographed landmark, rambling Government House has been home to London-appointed governors since 1845 and was briefly occupied by…
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1914 Battle of the Falklands Memorial
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
This obelisk, just past Government House, commemorates a WWI naval engagement. On December 8, 1914, nine British ships, refueling in Stanley, quickly…
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
The immaculate British War Cemetery is close to the edge of San Carlos Water. A total of 252 British servicemen died during the Falklands conflict; the…
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
In front of the Secretariat on Ross Rd, this wall carries the names of the 252 British military personnel and three Falklands civilians who died in the…
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
Beached in Settlement Harbour lies Protector, built in Nova Scotia in the late 1930s and early 1940s as a minesweeper for the Canadian navy. She was…
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
On the small grassy square next to Christ Church Cathedral, the Whalebone Arch was built in 1933 to commemorate the centenary of British rule in the…
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
The excellent small museum in San Carlos chronicles rural life, looks at the islands’ natural history, and covers the Falklands War, in particular the…
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
Near San Carlos Water are the ruins of the Ajax Bay Refrigeration Plant, a madcap 1950s Colonial Development Corporation project that failed because…
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
Stanley's cemetery is fronted by the Cross of Sacrifice, a memorial to islanders who lost their lives in WWI and WWII.
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
This white church with green trim was built from a Victorian prefab kit in 1892.
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
Stanley's Catholic church offers masses open to all.