Malvina Oriental (East Falkland) · Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Capital

Stanley

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What to expect from Stanley.

Stanley, the capital of the Ilhas Malvinas (Falkland), called Puerto Argentino by Argentina, is on Malvina Oriental, on a slope above a sheltered harbour. It has colourful wooden houses along Ross Road, the Catedral de Cristo with a whale-bone arch, the Historic Dockyard Museum and the hull of the Lady Elizabeth in the harbour. Gypsy Cove, with Magellanic penguins, is about 6 km away, and Volunteer Point, with king penguins, a few hours away.

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What to see in Stanley

Church

Christ Church Cathedral

Stanley's Anglican cathedral, built of stone and brick, consecrated in 1892 on Ross Road facing the harbour. In front sits the arco de ossos de baleia, made from the jaws of two blue whales.

Museum

Historic Dockyard Museum

The islands' museum, in the old government dockyard on Ross Road, with farm life, maritime history, the islands' natural history and a reconstructed 1950s Antarctic hut.

Nature reserve

Gypsy Cove

Small cove of white sand about 6 km from Stanley, inside the Cabo Pembroke nature reserve, where Magellanic penguins make burrows between October and March. Marked trails lead to viewpoints overlooking the beach.

Nature reserve

Volunteer Point

The headland north of Stanley with the largest colony of king penguins in the islands, alongside gentoo and Magellanic penguins, on a 3 km white-sand beach. It is reached in about three hours by 4x4, with a guide.

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Shipwreck

Lady Elizabeth

The iron hull of a three-masted sailing ship from 1879, stranded in Whalebone Cove in the port of Stanley. It can be seen from the shore on a walk along the eastern waterfront of the town.

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