| Kidney Island | |
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| Location | |
| Location of Kidney Island within the Falkland Islands | |
| Names | |
| English name: | Kidney Island |
| Spanish name: | Isla Celebroña |
| Area and Summit | |
| Area: | 33 hectares (82 acres) |
| Highest elevation: | |
| Population | |
| Population (2001): | |
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| If shown, area and population ranks are for all islands and all inhabited islands in the Falklands respectively. | |
Kidney Island (Spanish: Isla Celebroña,[1] so called due to its shape, is a small island with a land area of 33 hectares (82 acres), to the east of East Falkland, not far from Stanley. It is a nature reserve and, unlike most of the main islands, is still covered in tussock grass. Its wildlife includes rockhopper penguins, Gentoo penguins, magellanic penguins and sea lions. It is one of only three places in the archipelago where king penguins breed; the others are Saunders Island and Volunteer Point on East Falkland.
The island is at the east end of Berkeley Sound near Kidney Cove, and is separated from Port William by Menguera Point.
During the Falklands War, on 1 May 1982, Islas Malvinas GC82, an Argentine Z-28 type naval patrol boat was damaged near the island by a Westland Lynx HAS.Mk.2/3 helicopter from HMS Alacrity. The helicopter was also badly hit by return fire from the Argentine armed coaster ARA Forrest.[2][3]
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