3-580: Weddell Settlement is the only settlement on Weddell Island in the Falkland Islands , situated on the east coast of the island at the head of the sheltered Gull Harbour (formerly Great Harbour .), part of Queen Charlotte Bay . It is located 12.15 kilometres (7.55 mi) northeast of Race Point , 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south by west of Swan Point , 212 kilometres (132 mi) west-southwest of Stanley and 56.6 kilometres (35.2 mi) west of Fox Bay on West Falkland . The settlement provides
6-456: The island, both leaving Weddell Settlement. One of them, 13 km (8.1 mi) long, runs towards the airfield and further north to Loop Head Shanty and the headland ending up in Loop Head and Swan Point . The other one leads 15 km (9.3 mi) in westerly direction, skirting the head of Chatham Harbour and turning north at Kelp Creek House to reach Chatham House at the southwest corner of
9-580: The logistic base for Weddell Island’s sheep farming and tourist industries. Sea transportation is serviced by a 50-meter pier. The island’s airfield is situated 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi) north of Weddell Settlement, and has two intersecting unpaved runways (470 metres (1,540 ft) and 400 metres (1,300 ft) long respectively) used by the Falkland Islands Government Air Service (FIGAS) Islander aircraft operating out of Stanley Airport . There are two unpaved earth roads on
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