Berkeley Sound

Berkeley Sound

Berkeley Sound ( _fr. Baye AccaronDom Pernety, Antoine-Joseph. "Journal historique d'un voyage fait aux Iles Malouïnes en 1763 et 1764 pour les reconnoître et y former un établissement; et de deux Voyages au Détroit de Magellan, avec une Rélation sur les Patagons." Berlin: Etienne de Bourdeaux, 1769. 2 volumes, 704 pp. [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k82173k.pdf Online vol. 1] & [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k821758.pdf vol. 2] . [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4icAAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=History+of+a+voyage+to+the+Malouine&as_brr=1#PPA223,M1 Abridged English version] .] , Spanish: "Bahia de la Annunciación" [ [http://www.pcgn.org.uk/Falkland%20Islands-July2006.pdf PCGN Falkland Islands] ] ) is an inlet, or fjord in the north east of East Falkland in the Falkland Islands. The inlet was the site of the first attempts at colonisation of the islands, at Port Louis, by the French.

Berkeley Sound has several smaller bays within it - Port Louis harbour and Johnson's Harbour bay, separated by Grave Point, and includes islands such as Hog Island, Kidney Island (a nature reserve) and Long Island.

It was enlarged as the result of glacial action.

Currently, Berkeley Sound is used by the Falklands fishing industry as a designated locality for the transshipment of fish. [ [http://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/fal24303.pdf The 1986 Fisheries (Conservation and Management) Ordinance] ] , with accidental oil spills having occurred in the process. [ [http://www.falklandsconservation.com/news/may05.pdf Oiled birds found after tanker fuel spill] ] [ [http://www.mercopress.com/vernoticia.do?id=13559&formato=HTML Where was FIG action on oil spill asks Falklands Conservation?] ]

ettlements on Berkeley Sound

* Green Patch
* Johnson's Harbour
* Port Louis
* Port Louis South

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