Forty-five minutes away from capital Stanley, this 19-mile-long and four-mile-wide island combines two themes that recur throughout the Falklands: exceptional wildlife and the history of the 1982 conflict. Its wetlands, beaches and coastline attract penguins and an impressive range of other birdlife, while wreckage and memorials remain from fighting that took place here during the war. The juxtaposition can be striking. A landscape that now appears almost impossibly peaceful was the setting for events still within living memory. Spending at least two nights allows time to explore both sides of the island's personality rather than treating it simply as another penguin stop.
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