Stanley harbour is on the east coast of north-east East Falklands. It is a large inlet entered by “the Narrows” from Port William, a deep outer harbour.
Stanley sprawls along the south shore of the harbour, sheltered by the slope of Stanley Common. The harbour is very busy with cruise liners, fishing vessels, freighters and Navy vessels.
Some of the beaches around the harbour were mined during the Argentine occupation in 1982 and areas remain marked mine-fields.
In the past, particularly between 1850 and 1890 the harbour became a graveyard of shipwrecks and condemned hulks as sailing ships rounded Cape Horn and if in trouble had no alternative but to struggle to the Falklands for repairs.

Some birds that might be seen in or around Stanley harbour:
	Falklands Flightless Steamer Duck Tachyeres brachydactyla		Patagonian Crested Duck Lophonetta s.specularioides
	Rock Cormorant 'Rock Shag' Phalacrocorax magellanicus		Kelp or Dominican Gull Larus dominicanus
	Kelp Goose Chloephaga hybrida		Dark-faced Ground Tyrant Muscisaxicola macloviana
	Crested Caracara 'Carancho' Polyborus p.plancus		Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
	Blackish Oystercatcher Haematopus ater		Magellanic Oystercatcher Haematopus leucopodus
Some plants and flowers that might be seen in or around Stanley harbour:
	Falklands Thrift Armeria macloviana		Tussac Grass Poa flabellata
	Orange Hawkweed Heiracium aurantiacum		Marram 'Sand' Grass Ammophila arenaria
	Gillies Dandelion  Taraxacum gilliesii / Taraxacum officinale		Cinnamon grass Hierochloe redolens
	Gorse Ulex europaeus		Arrow-leaved Marigold Caltha sagittata
	Diddle-dee Empetrum rubrum		Wild Celery Apium australe

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Photographic credits: Header Robert Maddocks