Salvador Settlement
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Salvador Settlement (-51.4667, -58.3667) , also called Salvador or Salvador Settlement Corral, is a small harbour and settlement on East Falkland, in the Falkland Islands, It is on the north east coast, on the south shore of Port Salvador. It is one of a handful of Spanish names in the islands, still in use.
It was founded by Andrés Pitalauga, a Gibraltan, in the 1830s, who arrived via continental South America. His descendants still run the farm there.
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