Pebble Island Settlement

Pebble Island Settlement

Pebble Island Settlement (Spanish/Argentine name: "Puerto Calderón" [http://www.pcgn.org.uk/Falkland%20Islands-July2006.pdf] ) is on Pebble Island in the northwest Falkland Islands, United Kingdom. It is the headquarters of the Pebble Island farm, and is located on the island's isthmus.

There is a shop (open three days a week), a one classroom school and a small hotel here. There is also an airstrip, a hotel and a golf course,

Most of the population is of British descent, although there is one Chilean family here.Wigglesworth, Angela. (1992) "Falkland People". Pub. Peter Owen. ISBN 0-7206-0850-3.]

History

The settlement's Spanish name "Puerto Calderón" (meaning "port of the cauldron [or vat] ") reflects the area's early history in sealing, and hunting penguins for oil.

The settlement was established in 1846 by an Englishman called John Henry Dean, whose family company still runs the island.

During the Falklands War, 300 Argentine personnel were stationed here as part of an airbase, but the base was effectively put out of action by the British Raid.

More recently, Pebble Island Settlement became one of the first in the Falkland Islands to use wind turbines to generate most of its electricity.

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