Choiseul sound
| Choiseul Sound seno Choiseul |
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| Waters | South Atlantic |
| Land mass | Falkland Islands |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 56 ′ S , 58 ° 40 ′ W |
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| length | approx. 50 km |
The Choiseul Sound [ ˌtʃɔɪzəl ˈsaʊnd ] ( Spanish seno Choiseul ) is an arm of the sea in the Falkland Islands , which partially separates Lafonia and the north of East Falkland . Lively Island is in its estuary. A headland at Goose Green and Darwin separates it from Grantham Sound, which is part of the Falklandsund . Choiseul Sound is home to Goose Green, Darwin, Walker Creek , Lively Settlement on Lively Island and Mare Harbor . It was named by Louis de Bougainville after the French Foreign Minister Étienne-François de Choiseul . Port Pleasant Bay was a theater of war in 1914 ( World War I ) and 1982 ( Falklands War ).
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