Goose Green
Goose Green
Goose | |
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Goose Green in mid-August 2012 | |
| Coordinates: 51°49′38″S 58°58′23″W / 51.82722°S 58.97306°W | |
| British Overseas Territory | Falkland Islands |
| Population (2012) | |
• Total | 40 |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (FKST[a]) |
Goose Green, also known simply as Goose, is a hamlet in Lafonia on East Falkland in the Falkland Islands. It lies on Choiseul Sound, on the east side of the island's central isthmus, 2 miles (3.2 km) south-southwest of Darwin. With a population of about 40, it is the third-largest settlement of the Falkland Islands, after Stanley and Mount Pleasant.
Goose Green has a shop and a small airfield. Local attractions include the nearby Bodie Suspension Bridge and the shipwreck of the Vicar of Bray, which participated in the California gold rush.
At 430,000 acres (1,700 km2), Goose Green farm is double the size of the farms at Port Howard and North Arm. During the Falklands War, it was the scene of the Battle of Goose Green.