San Carlos, Falkland Islands
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San Carlos is a settlement in northwestern East Falkland, lying south of Port San Carlos on San Carlos Water. It is sometimes nicknamed "JB" after a former owner, Jack Bonner.{{cite web|url=http://www.falklands.info/background/acro.html|title=Falklands.info:Falkland Islands Acronyms|first=Jason|last=Lewis|author2=Inglis, Alison|access-date=2010-08-07|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060619060025/http://www.falklands.info/background/acro.html|archive-date=2006-06-19}}
The settlement consists of a number of properties including a dwelling with a small cafe which also provides craft facilities. As noted in the history section, there is a small museum that pays homage to the Falklands Conflict as well as local nature and culture.
History
The settlement is named after the ship San Carlos, which visited in May 1768.{{cite web |title=PORT SAN CARLOS |url=https://nationalarchives.gov.fk/jdownloads/Buildings%20and%20Land/East%20Falkland/Port%20San%20Carlos%20or%20San%20Carlos%20North%20or%20KC%20Smyleys%20Village%20Cape%20Dolphin%20Elephant%20Beach%20and%20Moss%20Side.pdf |website=Jane Cameron National Archives |access-date=14 December 2022 |date=5 March 2018}} San Carlos grew in the early twentieth century around a factory which froze sheep carcasses.{{Citation needed|date=December 2022}}
In 1982 San Carlos was the main British Army bridgehead during the Falklands War, when it was codenamed "Blue Beach".{{cite web |title=On this day 21 May 1982 |url=https://www.fleetairarmoa.org/news/on-this-day-21-may-1982 |website=Fleet Air Arm Officers Association |access-date=13 December 2022 |date=21 May 2013}}
A museum and the Blue Beach Military Cemetery at San Carlos commemorate that period.
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