Berkeley Sound is an inlet, or fjord in the north east of

East Falkland East Falkland () is the largest island of the Falkland Islands, Falklands in the South Atlantic, having an area of or 54% of the total area of the Falklands. The island consists of two main land masses, of which the more southerly is known as L ...

in the

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. The inlet was the site of the first attempts at colonisation of the islands, at

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, by the French. Berkeley Sound has several smaller bays within it – Uranie Bay, Port Louis harbour and Johnson's Harbour bay, separated by Grave Point, and includes islands such as Hog Island, Kidney Island (a nature reserve) and

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. It was enlarged as the result of glacial action. Berkeley Sound was visited by

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during his round-the-world voyage on HMS ''Beagle'' in 1834. He found it an "undulating land, with a desolate and wretched aspect". Berkeley Sound is used by the

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industry as a designated locality for the

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of fish, with accidental

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s having occurred in the process.Where was FIG action on oil spill asks Falklands Conservation?
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Settlements

* Green Patch *

Johnson's Harbour Johnson's Harbour is a settlement on the northeast coast of East Falkland in the Falkland Islands. It is on the shore of Berkeley Sound at the head of Chabot Creek on a bay also named Johnson's Harbour. It has a small store but the FIGAS only l ...

* Port Louis South

Sources

East Falkland Inlets of the Falkland Islands Fjords Ports and harbours of the Falkland Islands {{fjord-stub