Berkeley Sound
| Berkeley Sound Bahía de la Anunciación |
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 Early map of the Berkeley Sound from 1769 (after Antoine-Joseph Pernety ) |
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| Waters | Atlantic | |
| Land mass | Falkland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 34 ′ S , 57 ° 56 ′ W | |
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| width | 11.5 km | |
| depth | 29.7 km | |
| Islands | <3 | |
 Berkeley Sound with Wickham Heights in the background |
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The Berkeley Sound ( French Baye Accaron , Spanish Bahía de la Anunciación ) is a fjord-like bay in the northeast of the Falkland Islands . In the approximately 30 km long and maximum 11.5 km wide bay there are several small islands such as Hog Island , Long Island or the protected area Kidney Island .
The barren landscape, formed by ice ages , was settled in the middle of the 18th century by French colonists who founded the settlement of Port Louis here . In 1834 Charles Darwin described Berkley Sound as part of an expedition with the HMS Beagle as a hilly stretch of land that appears poor and desolate.
Today there are several small settlements such as Green Patch , Johnson's Harbor or Port Louis on the coast of the bay . The bay is an important transshipment point for the local fish processing companies.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dom Pernety, Antoine-Joseph, Journal historique d'un voyage fait aux Iles Malouïnes en 1763 et 1764 pour les reconnoître et y former un établissement; et de deux Voyages au Détroit de Magellan, avec une Rélation sur les Patagons, Etienne de Bourdeaux, Berlin, 1769, volume 2, p. 704
- ↑ PCGN Falkland Islands ( Memento of the original from October 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Pester, Ben, Through the land of Fire, Fifty-Six South, Seafarer Books, Rendlesham, 2004, p. 188
- ↑ http://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/fal24303.pdf The 1986 Fisheries Ordinance (Conservation and Management)
