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Port Egmont

Port Egmont was the first British settlement in the Falkland Islands, on Saunders Island and is named after the Earl of Egmont.



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Saunders Island, Falkland Islands

Unaware of the French presence at Port Louis, in January 1765, British captain John Byron explored and claimed Saunders Island, at the western end of the Falkland Islands, where he named the harbour of Port Egmont, and sailed near other islands, which he also claimed for King George III.