page_title: Weddell Island
section_title: Mapping
hierarchical_section_title: Weddell Island / Geography / Mapping
caption_attribution_description: Falkland Islands regions map for use on Wikivoyage, English version
context_page_description: Weddell Island is one of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, lying off the southwest extremity of West Falkland. It is situated 1,545 km west-northwest of South Georgia Island, 1,165 km north of Livingston Island, 606 km northeast of Cape Horn, 358 km northeast of Isla de los Estados, and 510 km east of the Atlantic entrance to Magellan Strait.
  With an area of 265.8 km² Weddell is the third largest island in the archipelago after East Falkland and West Falkland, and one of the largest private islands in the world. It has only one inhabited location, Weddell Settlement, with a single digit population engaged in sheep farming and tourism services. The island offers walks to wildlife watching sites and scenery destinations including some spectacular landscapes featuring the famous Falklands stone runs. Weddell is both an Important Plant Area and a priority Key Biodiversity Area.
  It is a remote place, infrequently visited by a resupply ship and occasionally by private yachts, accessible by air with a short if expensive flight from the Falklands capital, Stanley.
context_section_description: Due to the Falklands’ extremely indented and irregular coastline, remote location and rather late and slow process of settling the originally uninhabited islands, their mapping remained rudimentary up to the late 18th century. It was not until after the early British and Spanish hydrographic and land surveys in 1766–1770 that the islands were mapped faithfully to any detail, first their northeastern and northwestern parts where Port St. Louis (later renamed Puerto Soledad) and Port Egmont settlements were located respectively, and eventually their southeastern and southwestern areas.
  The Falkland Islands. Map of the scale 1:401280, 6⅓ English miles to 1 inch. London: Edward Stanford, 1901
  Falkland Islands Explorer Map. Scale 1:365000. Ocean Explorer Maps, 2007
  Falklands Topographic Map Series. Scale 1:50000, 29 sheets. DOS 453, 1961–1979
  Falkland Islands. Scale 1:643000 Map. DOS 906. Edition 3-OS, 1998
  Map 500k--xm20-4. Scale 1:500000 map of Weddell Island and part of West Falkland. Russian Army Maps (for the world)
  Approaches to the Falkland Islands. Scale 1:1500000 chart. Gps Nautical Charts, 2010
  Illustrated Map of Weddell Island
  Tactical pilotage chart TPC T-18B. Scale 1:500000. UK Military Survey, 1988
caption: Location of Weddell within the Falkland Islands; the Outlying Islands are shown in colours different from those of East and West Falkland
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