Rincon Grande Settlement

Rincon or Rincon Grande is a settlement on East Falkland, in the Falkland Islands, on the east shore of Salvador Water, at its north end. The settlement is 42 miles (68 km) north of Stanley. Rincon refers to a point of land, and such early settlements were often started where cattle could be herded onto boats. It is east of Salvador across the water, and west of Port Louis and Johnson's Harbour. It is one of the oldest settlements in the area. Originally settled and developed by Andrez Pitaluga in April 1864 for £5 and it covered 6,000 acres (2,400 ha). The sheep farming estate still belongs to the Pitaluga family who had 13,700 sheep in the early 1940s, 10,000 in the 1950s, 8,400 in the 1970s, and 4,900 sheep in 2018. Pitaluga also founded Salvador settlement across the water, and this was also known as Gibraltar, as that is where Pitaluga was from.

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