Port William is a large inlet on the east coast of East Falkland

East Falkland

East Falkland the largest of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, has an area of and a coastline long. Most of the population of the Falklands live in East Falkland, almost all of them living in the northern half of the island...

 island. A strait called "the Narrows" leads into Stanley Harbour

Stanley Harbour

Stanley Harbour is a large inlet on the east coast of East Falkland island. A strait called "the Narrows" leads into Port William.It serves the town of the same name - Stanley - as a harbour. Stanley has sprawled along the south shore of the harbour, to gain shelter from the low hill of Stanley...

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Port William has several other bays on it - Gypsy Cove

Gypsy Cove

Gypsy Cove and Yorke Bay are a pair of small bays in the Falkland Islands. They are on East Falkland. Gypsy Cove is four miles from Stanley, and can be reached by local bus which runs every hour....

 and Yorke Bay which is a noted beauty spot, Hearnden Water, which is effectively the estuary of the Murrell River

Murrell River

The Murrell River is a fishing river, on East Falkland in the Falkland Islands. It has a large estuary which joins with Hearnden Water and Port William, and which is not far from Stanley....

 and Weir Creek, Blanco Bay and Sparrow Cove. Kidney Island

Kidney Island

Kidney Island 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...

 is just north of Port William.

The peninsula on which Canopus Hill, Stanley Airport

Stanley Airport

Stanley Airport is located in Stanley, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada, approximately northeast of Windsor.-History:Stanley was built as RCAF Station Stanley in March 1941 to train pilots as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. The airport was the base for the Royal Canadian Air...

 and Gypsy Cove

Gypsy Cove

Gypsy Cove and Yorke Bay are a pair of small bays in the Falkland Islands. They are on East Falkland. Gypsy Cove is four miles from Stanley, and can be reached by local bus which runs every hour....

 lie, together with a narrow spit of land known as Navy Point, effectively divides Port William from Stanley Harbour. As such this is the busiest waterway of the Falkland Islands

Falkland Islands

The Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, located about from the coast of mainland South America. The archipelago consists of East Falkland, West Falkland and 776 lesser islands. The capital, Stanley, is on East Falkland...

 and frequently visited by cruise ship

Cruise ship

A cruise ship or cruise liner is a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are part of the experience, as well as the different destinations along the way...

s, freighters and navy vessels, although this has lessened since the building of the two airports at RAF Mount Pleasant

RAF Mount Pleasant

RAF Mount Pleasant is a military base for the Royal Air Force in the British Overseas Territory of the Falkland Islands. The facility is part of the British Forces South Atlantic Islands...

 and Stanley Airport

Stanley Airport

Stanley Airport is located in Stanley, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada, approximately northeast of Windsor.-History:Stanley was built as RCAF Station Stanley in March 1941 to train pilots as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. The airport was the base for the Royal Canadian Air...

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It was enlarged as the result of glacial action.