Volunteer Point
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volunteer-point-283-3552665
title:
Volunteer Point
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Volunteer Point is a headland on the east coast of East Falkland, in the Falkland Islands, north-northeast of Stanley, and east of Johnson's Harbour and Berkeley Sound. It lies at the end of a narrow peninsula, which protects Volunteer Lagoon. It received its name in 1815, when the sealing ship Volunteer left a boat's crew there to collect seal skins while it went in search of opportunities elsewhere. Four years later, on 13 February 1820, the French research vessel L'Uranie struck a submerged r
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volunteer_Point
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2024-01-22T17:13:25Z
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