Weddell Settlement is the only settlement on

Weddell Island Weddell Island ( es, Isla San José) is one of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, lying off the southwest extremity of West Falkland. It is situated west-northwest of South Georgia Island, north of Livingston Island, northeast of Ca ...

in the

Falkland Islands The Falkland Islands (; es, Islas Malvinas, link=no ) is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about east of South America's southern Patagonian coast and about from Cape Dubouze ...

, situated on the east coast of the island at the head of the sheltered Gull Harbour (formerly ''Great Harbour''.), part of

Queen Charlotte Bay Queen Charlotte Bay (Spanish: ''Bahia San Julian' is a bay/fjord on the west coast of West Falkland. It is one of the two main bays on that coast, the other being King George Bay. Islands in the bay include Weddell Island Weddell Island ( es, ...

. It is located at , which is northeast of

Race Point Race Point is the point on the north side of Smylie Channel forming the south extremity of Weddell Island in the Falkland Islands.

, south by west of Swan Point, west-southwest of Stanley and west of

Fox Bay Fox Bay ( es, Bahía Fox or ''Bahía Zorro'' ) is the second largest settlement on West Falkland in the Falkland Islands. It is located on a bay of the same name, and is on the south east coast of the island. It is often divided into Fox B ...

West Falkland West Falkland ( es, Isla Gran Malvina) is the second largest of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. It is a hilly island, separated from East Falkland by the Falkland Sound. Its area is , 37% of the total area of the islands. Its coastli ...

Demographics

The settlement provides the logistic base for Weddell Island’s sheep farming and

tourist Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours. The World Tourism Organization defines tourism ...

industries. Sea transportation is serviced by a 50-meter pier. The island’s airfield is situated north of Weddell Settlement, and has two intersecting unpaved runways ( and long respectively) used by the

Falkland Islands Government Air Service Falkland Islands Government Air Service (FIGAS) is an airline based at Port Stanley Airport, Falkland Islands. It operates unscheduled passenger services throughout the Falkland Islands. It also undertakes aerial surveillance of the exclusive ...

(FIGAS) Islander aircraft operating out of

Stanley Airport Stanley Airport is located in Stanley, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada, approximately northeast of Windsor. History World War II Stanley was built as RCAF Station Stanley in March 1941 to train pilots as part of the British Commonweal ...

. There are two unpaved earth roads on the island, both leaving Weddell Settlement. One of them, long, runs towards the airfield and further north to Loop Head Shanty and the headland ending up in Loop Head and Swan Point. The other one leads in westerly direction, skirting the head of Chatham Harbour and turning north at Kelp Creek House to reach Chatham House at the southwest corner of the bay. The tourist and farming infrastructure at Weddell Settlement is currently being renovated; in particular, the Weddell Lodge is being extended to provide additional tourist and workers accommodation during the summer period.Extensions to the existing lodge accommodation.
Planning and Building Committee, Falkland Islands Government. Stanley, 19 July 2017

Maps

* ''The Falkland Islands''. Scale 1:401280 map. London: Edward Stanford, 1901 * Falkland Islands Explorer Map. Scale 1:365000. Ocean Explorer Maps, 2007 * Falklands Topographic Map Series. Scale 1:50000, 29 sheets. DOS 453, 1961-1979
Falkland Islands.
Scale 1:643000 Map. DOS 906. Edition 3-OS, 1998
''Map 500k--xm20-4''.
1:500000 map of Weddell Island and part of West Falkland. Russian Army Maps (for the world)

Scale 1:1500000 chart. Gps Nautical Charts, 2010
Illustrated Map of Weddell Island

Gallery

File:Weddell-Island-Map-1901.png, Old map of Weddell Island John Hamilton, Weddell Island.jpg, Sheep farmer John Hamilton whose family owned the settlement and the island from 1923 to 1987 Sheep gathering on Weddell Island.jpg, Sheep gathering on Weddell Island Lewis-Clifton.jpg, The brothers Lewis (pictured) and Stephen Clifton own the island since 2015 Weddell-Island-Map.png, Map of Weddell Island

Notes

References

* B. Stonehouse (ed.). ''Encyclopedia of Antarctica and the Southern Oceans''. Chichester, West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons, 2002. 404 pp. * C.H. Barnard
''A Narrative of the Sufferings and Adventures of Capt. Charles H. Barnard, in a Recent Voyage Round the World, Including an Account of His Residence for Two Years on An Uninhabited Island''.
New York: J.P. Callender, 1836 * P.P. King and R. Fitzroy
''The South America Pilot''.
''Part II. From the Rio de la Plata to the Bay of Panama, including Magellan Strait, the Falkland, and Galapagos Islands''. Fifth Edition. London: Printed for the Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, 1860. pp. 116–118

External links

Weddell Settlement.
Copernix satellite image
Weddell Island Official Website

Weddell Island from space.
NASA Johnson Space Center, 30 April 2005
Zoomable world map.
Features plans of Weddell Settlement and Weddell Island Airfield {{Falkland Islands topics, state=collapsed Populated places in the Falkland Islands Ports and harbours of the Atlantic Ocean