Brenton Loch
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Brenton Loch (Spanish Bahia de Ruiz Puente; 51 43 S 059 01 W) is an inlet / small fjord in the Falkland Islands. It is one of a handful of so-called sea lochs outside Scotland. It is sometimes known as "Brenton Sound". "Loch" is normally pronounced in the English (as opposed to the Scottish) way by the Falklanders i.e. as "lock" without the fricative.
It cuts into East Falkland, dividing Lafonia from the northern half of the island. It lies to the west of the 2km isthmus on which Darwin and Goose Green are located. At its seaward end, it becomes Grantham Sound. Its name may originate from the fact that many of the inhabitants of Goose Green in the 19th century were Scots
[edit] History
In 1846 Samuel Lafone established a settlement at Hope Place on the southern shores of Brenton Loch, which was mainly populated by gauchos. [1].
In 1976 Pilot Ian Campbell drowned after his Beaver floatplane crashes into the loch [2].
In the Falklands War, HMS Arrow was in the loch, to provide covering fire for the Battle of Goose Green [3]
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