Mare Harbour
Mare Harbour is a small settlement on East Falkland, on Choiseul Sound. It is mostly used as a port facility and depot for RAF Mount Pleasant,[1] as well as a deepwater port used by the Royal Navy ships patrolling the South Atlantic and Antarctica, which means that the main harbour of the islands, Stanley Harbour tends to deal with commercial transport.
During the 1982 Falklands War, Mare Harbour was considered as one of the potential sites for a British amphibious landing[2] but the British landings took place on San Carlos Water in the west of East Falkland, on Falkland Sound. Mare Harbour was considered open to air attack.
In the latter 2010s, Mare Harbour berths were improved with a £22 million investment.[3] The improvements enhanced the roll-on/roll-off jetty, used by the Ministry of Defence's Point-class sealift ships, and upgraded other facilities at Mare Harbour, including fire-fighting services.[4]
A daily bus service runs between Mare Harbour and Mount Pleasant.
References
- Falkland Islands Portal. "Defence". Archived from the original on 26 April 2006. Retrieved 19 June 2006.
- Bicheno, Hugh (2006) Razor's Edge: The Unofficial History of the Falklands War. London. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 978-0-7538-2186-2
- "Defence Secretary sees brighter future on Falklands visit". 17 February 2016.
- "Falklands' Mare Harbour Ro-Ro facility upgraded for Point Class vessels". Merco Press. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
External links
- James Rogers and Luis Simón. The Status and Location of the Military Installations of the Member States of the European Union and Their Potential Role for the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP). Brussels: European Parliament, 2009. 25 pp.