Cape Carysfort is a headland 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 ...

between Macbride Head and Volunteer Point. Lochhead Pond is behind it. In 1921 it was the site of the shipwreck of ''

SS Guvernøren SS ''Imo'' was a merchant steamship that was built in 1889 to carry livestock and passengers, and converted in 1912 into a whaling factory ship. She was built as ''Runic'', renamed ''Tampican'' in 1895, ''Imo'' in 1912 and ''Guvernøren'' (The ...

'', a whale oil tanker which, under its former name ''SS Imo'', had been involved in the massive 1917

explosion An explosion is a rapid expansion in volume of a given amount of matter associated with an extreme outward release of energy, usually with the generation of high temperatures and release of high-pressure gases. Explosions may also be generated ...

that caused severe damage to

Halifax, Nova Scotia Halifax is the capital and most populous municipality of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the most populous municipality in Atlantic Canada. As of 2024, it is estimated that the population of the H ...

. The Spanish name for the cape is Cabo Corrientes.

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