Brenton Loch

Brenton Loch

Brenton Loch (Spanish Bahia de Ruiz Puente; nowrap|51 43 S nowrap|059 01 W) is an inlet-cum-small fjord in the Falkland Islands. It is one of a handful of so-called sea lochs outside Scotland. It is sometimes known as "Brenton Sound". "Loch" is normally pronounced as "lock" in the English rather than Scottish manner, i.e. without a fricative "ch". The far south of the loch is known as "La Boca" or "The Boca".

The loch cuts into East Falkland, dividing Lafonia from the northern half of the island. It lies to the west of the isthmus on which Darwin and Goose Green are located. At its seaward end, it becomes Grantham Sound. Its name may originate from the fact that many of the inhabitants of Goose Green in the 19th century were Scots

History

In 1846, Samuel Lafone established a settlement at Hope Place on the southern shores of Brenton Loch, which was mainly populated by gauchos. [http://www.falklands.info/history/history4.html] .

In the 1920s, the sailor Conor O'Brien visited the loch onboard his ship "Saoirse", in which he circumnavigated.

In 1976, pilot Ian Campbell drowned after his Beaver floatplane crashed into the loch [http://www.falklands.info/history/timeline.html] .

During the Falklands War, HMS "Arrow" was anchored in the loch, providing covering fire for the Battle of Goose Green (see map below) [http://www.raf.mod.uk/falklands/goose1.html] .


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