The Peak, from the north.
A littlie but a goodie. At the southern end of West Falkland lies Port Stephens, the attractive harbour is sheltered from the Southern Ocean by a hilly peninsula and the most distinctive of these is the 700 foot Stephens Peak, 'the Peak' as its referred to has 2 distinct rocky summits connected by a saddle. Further along the peninsula to the east is the unusual rock formations of Indian Village, to the west is the sand beach of Wood Cove and beyond impressive sea cliffs culminating in Calm Head.
Approached from the north its an easy walk up to a large gorse bush about half way up, it then gets pretty steep to the first peak with a little bit of a scramble if thats your thing. The exposed quartzite of the peak is fantastically eroded by the prevailing wind, very different from the outcrops further inland. Between the 2 peaks is a grassy saddle that almost appears to be mown (I guess partly due to the rabbits that inhabit the area, much to Booms excitement).
Wood Cove, can't see from the photo but theres a big Gentoo penguin colony down there.
Eroded quartzite on the second peak.
Second peak, from just below the saddle.
Looking across Port Stephens to the NE from the sandbeach below the peak.
Calm Head, over 700 feet high, been there but didn't have the nerve to go out onto the head itself (very narrow indeed)
Looking over Port Stephens toward Mt Alice in the distance.
Me & Boom on the top, very windy.