San Carlos (Falkland Islands)
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 35 ′ S , 59 ° 2 ′ W | ||
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| Country | Falkland Islands | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | FK | ||
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The settlement of San Carlos is located in the south of the San Carlos Water Bay in East Falkland . The place got its name after the Spanish ship San Carlos that anchored here in 1768.
As part of Operation Sutton , a large part of the British units that fought on Western Falkland during the Falklands War ended up in the place, which was codenamed "Blue Beach" . Today a museum and a military cemetery commemorate the landing of the British.
San Carlos is also called "JB" after the previous owner Jack Boner.
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- ↑ Jason Lewis, Inglis, Alison: Falklands Information Web - Widley used Falklands Acronyms . Archived from the original on June 19, 2006. 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. Retrieved August 7, 2010.
