MacBride Head

{{Short description|Most northeasterly point of the Falkland Islands}}

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MacBride (or Macbride) Head is the most northeasterly{{cite book|last=Wagstaff|first=William|title=Falkland Islands: The Bradt Travel Guide|year=2001|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LBSzvruimFgC&q=mcBride+head%2C+east+falkland&pg=PA103|publisher=The Bradt Travel Guide|isbn=9781841620374|accessdate=6 September 2012}} point of the Falkland Islands, and is on East Falkland. Mount MacBride is just to its south. There is a sea lion colony here.

It takes its name from Capt. John MacBride, the man credited with settling Saunders Island, who commanded the vessels HMS Jason and HMS Carcass,{{cite web|title=A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS Part 2 - Fort St. Louis and Port Egmont |url=http://www.falklands.info/history/history2.html |publisher=www.falklands.info |accessdate=6 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071006063029/http://www.falklands.info/history/history2.html |archivedate=6 October 2007 }} which in turn gave their names to the Jason Islands and Carcass Island.