Goose Green

Goose Green
Goose Green in mid-August 2012
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Coordinates: 51°49′38″S 58°58′23″W / 51.82722°S 58.97306°W / -51.82722; -58.97306
British Overseas Territory	Falkland Islands
Population  (2012)
• Total	40
Time zone	UTC−3 (FKST[a])

Goose Green 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.^[1]

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.