1. Port Overview

  1. Volunteer Island, Falkland Islands

  3. The Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, located approximately 250 nautical miles (460 km; 290 mi) from the coast of mainland South America, The archipelago, consisting of East Falkland, West Falkland and 776 lesser islands, is a self-governing Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom. The capital, Stanley, is on East Falkland.

    Volunteer Point is a headland on the east coast of East Falkland, in the Falkland Islands, to the north north east (as the crow flies) of Stanley, and east of Johnson's Harbour and Berkeley Sound.
    Volunteer Point is known for its white sandy beach and turquoise waters crammed with King, Gentoo and Magellanic Penguin.

    Things to see and do

    * Penguin Colonies
    * Elephant Seals
    * Sea birds
    * Whales

    Cruise Season – Nov - April
    Currency – Falkland Islands Pound (FKP)
    Language – English
    Land Area – 6,605 km² (East Falkland)
    Population – 2,500 approx (East Falkland)
    Electricity – 2 vertical square pins and one perpendicular below British style
    Time – GMT minus four hours
    International Country Telephone Code – +500

    Port Location - Large cruise ships stop at the port of Stanley throughout the summer.

    Transport Links – Most international flights arrive at the Mount Pleasant (MPN) airport, 56km (35 miles) from Stanley. The only international carriers to use this airport are LanChile on a weekly flight from Santiago de Chile via Punta Arenas (CL), Rio Gallegos (AR) (monthly) and the UK Royal Air Force who carry commercial passengers direct from RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire in the United Kingdom. Flights from the UK last eighteen hours including a stop on Ascension Island en route. The RAF contracts two flights per week which are subject to military priorities. There is also an airport in Stanley (PSY) but it has a smaller runway and is used primarily for flights within the Falklands.