West Point Island
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| Waters | South Atlantic | |
| Archipelago | Falkland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 20 ′ 54 ″ S , 60 ° 41 ′ 15 ″ W | |
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| length | 6.4 km | |
| width | 4.4 km | |
| surface | 12.5 km² | |
| Highest elevation |
Mount Misery 369 m |
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| main place | West Point Island Settlement | |
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West Point Island (also known as Albatross Island or Isla Remolinos in Spanish ) is an island that belongs to the western Falkland Islands . The island is located in the northwest of the Falkland Islands, near South Jason Island . It is 3.7 km long and 2.5 km wide. Its highest point, Mount Misery, is 337 m above sea level. Their cliffs reach a height of over 300 m in places.
The 12.5 km² island was settled around 1860. In addition to sheep farming as a livelihood, penguins and sea lions were hunted for oil production on the island in the 19th century. Typical species of the Falkland Islands, such as rockhopper penguins , black -browed albatrosses and the Commerson's dolphin , are native here.
Immigrants laid gardens on West Point, one of the few Falkland Islands with trees growing. Roses , thimbles , daisies and lilies grow in this rather untypical habitat .
