Teal Inlet (), once named Evelyn Station,
is a settlement on
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
Falkland Islands
The Falkland Islands (; ), commonly referred to as The Falklands, 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 from Cape Dub ...
, on the south shore of
Salvador Water. It is overshadowed by
Jack's Mountain.
The settlement played a minor part in the
Falklands War
The Falklands War () was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British Overseas Territories, British dependent territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and Falkland Islands Dependenci ...
, when British troops, who had established a bridgehead at
San Carlos Water, divided into two, with one group going to fight at
Goose Green and the other travelling along the northern part of East Falkland, by Teal Inlet. Teal Inlet was used as a harbour of refuge by
11th MCM Squadron ships to shelter from air attacks by day during the final assault on
Port Stanley.
References
Populated places on East Falkland
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