Dunnose Head is a small
settlement in
West Falkland
West Falkland () 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 coastline is long.
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in Philomel Pass,
Queen Charlotte Bay. It is about 50 miles (80 km) west south west of
Port Howard, and does not have a proper road connection.
Dunnose Head used to be part of Packe Brothers Ltd holdings, but on sub-division was formed into three
farms
A farm (also called an agricultural holding) is an area of land that is devoted primarily to agricultural processes with the primary objective of producing food and other crops; it is the basic facility in food production. The name is used fo ...
. Two of these were based on the old settlement, these were Narrows Farm (covering the old Packe's area East of the Settlement), and Dunnose Head Farm,(covering the old Centre Camp and Stud Flock). The other farm was based on Shallow Harbour House, which is west of the old settlement, and covers the old Packe's
Ewe Camps which were named South and North Camps plus Raus Creek.
Populated places on West Falkland
Headlands of West Falkland
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