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Fitzroy, Falkland Islands

Fitzroy is a settlement on East Falkland. It is divided into Fitzroy North and Fitzroy South by a tidal river called Fitzroy River that is fed from a lake on the east side of Mount Whickham. The river was forded by Charles Darwin when he visited for a second time in 1834. Fitzroy itself is 9 metres (30 ft) above sea level, and 14.9 nautical miles west of Port Stanley. The population of the settlement in 2018 was eight people, and nearly 18,600 sheep.

Wartime
On 8 December 1914, German ships appeared in Port Pleasant, near Fitzroy. One local woman kept the authorities at Stanley informed of their progress (they were steaming eastwards) by sending her staff to a good vantage point on Fitzroy Ridge. == References ==
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