Английская Википедия:Fitzroy, Falkland Islands
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Fitzroy is a settlement on East Falkland. It is divided into Fitzroy North and Fitzroy South by a tidal river called Fitzroy River that is fed from a lake on the east side of Mount Whickham. The river was forded by Charles Darwin when he visited for a second time in 1834.[1]
It is named after Robert FitzRoy, who commanded Шаблон:HMS during Darwin's voyages,[2] and later developed a system of weather forecasting for the United Kingdom.[3] Fitzroy is on the inlet known as Port Pleasant.
During the 1982 Falklands War, naval auxiliary ships Шаблон:RFAux and Шаблон:RFAux, carrying contingents of The Welsh Guards, were bombed by the Argentine Air Force in the waters off Fitzroy whilst attempting to reinforce soldiers encamped there. A monument on each side of a small cove at Fitzroy commemorates each ship with dedications in English and Welsh on both.[4][5]
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