Grantham Sound

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Grantham Sound (Spanish : Bahia de Ruiz Puente) is a bay on East Falkland, Falkland Islands, which opens out into the Falkland Sound. [1] At its landward end, it narrows and becomes Brenton Loch (sometimes included as a part of it). [2] Mount Usborne overlooks it.

Along with San Carlos Water, it is one of the proposed sites for the East Falkland terminal for the anticipated ferry to West Falkland.

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References

  1. "Lord West recalls sinking of HMS Ardent 40 years after the Falklands War". au.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  2. Office, Great Britain Colonial (1843). Falkland Islands: Return to an Address of the Honourable the House of Commons, Dated 31 March 1843, for Copies Or Extracts of Any Correspondence Relative to the Falkland Islands, Since the Last Papers Laid Before the House Upon the 27th Day of August 1841. House of Commons. p. 19.

51°39′40″S59°07′05″W / 51.661°S 59.118°W / -51.661; -59.118