Port Egmont (Spanish: Puerto de la Cruzada; French: Poil de la Croisade) was the first British settlement in the Falkland Islands, on Saunders Island off West Falkland, and is named after John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont, who was First Lord of the Admiralty at the time of its founding. == Toponym == The original name for the settlement was Jason's Town and Port Egmont was the body of water surrounded by Saunders Island, Keppel Island and the main island of West Falkland.
Port Egmont (Spanish: Puerto de la Cruzada; French: Poil de la Croisade) was the first British settlement in the Falkland Islands, on Saunders Island off West Falkland, and is named after John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont, who was First Lord of the Admiralty at the time of its founding. == Toponym == The original name for the settlement was Jason's Town and Port Egmont was the body of water surrounded by Saunders Island, Keppel Island and the main island of West Falkland.
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