Carcass Island cruise port guide

About Carcass Island

Carcass Island is the largest of the West Point Island Group in the Falkland Islands, lying north-west of West Falkland. The island measures 10 km in length with a maximum width of 2.5 km and an area of 19 km². Named after HMS Carcass, which surveyed it in 1766, it has been run as a sheep farm for over a century. The island has no rats or cats, supporting exceptional birdlife including gentoo penguins, Magellanic penguins, rockhopper penguins, black-browed albatrosses, and striated caracaras.

Leopard Beach serves as the primary landing point. The small settlement at Port Patterson features the island's notable gardens and three heritage-listed buildings (a boathouse, shed, and store). Several substantial freshwater ponds provide important waterfowl habitat.