Loop Head is the point on the east side of the entrance to Chatham Harbour in Weddell Island, Falkland Islands. It is located at , which is west of Swan Point and east-northeast of Beacon Point.
Nature Loop Head is home of a nature reserve, which is accessible to the public through tours. The nature reserve includes marine mammals such as sea lions and elephant seals, as well as Gentoo and Magellanic penguins, which come ashore onto the tussac grass. A 3.5 kilometre coastal tussac restoration program was launched in September 2017. Whales and dolphins can be visible from the shoreline from January to April. At the easternmost tip of Loop Head is a Sea Lion colony.
Man-made structures Loop Head is home to an old shanty, which was visited by New Zealand explorer Gerry Clark and his crew in June 1984. It is a leftover structure from when Weddell Island was a working sheep farm, with Loop Head once set aside for ewe clock and lamb rearing.
Maps The Falkland Islands. Scale 1:401280 map. London: Edward Stanford, 1901 Falkland Islands Explorer Map. Scale 1:365000. Ocean Explorer Maps, 2007 Falklands Topographic Map Series. Scale 1:50000, 29 sheets. DOS 453, 1961-1979 Falkland Islands. Scale 1:643000 Map. DOS 906. Edition 3-OS, 1998 Map 500k--xm20-4. 1:500000 map of Weddell Island and part of West Falkland. Russian Army Maps (for the world) Approaches to the Falkland Islands. Scale 1:1500000 chart. Gps Nautical Charts, 2010 Illustrated Map of Weddell Island
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References B. Stonehouse (ed.). Encyclopedia of Antarctica and the Southern Oceans. Chichester, West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons, 2002. 404 pp. C.H. Barnard. A Narrative of the Sufferings and Adventures of Capt. Charles H. Barnard, in a Recent Voyage Round the World, Including an Account of His Residence for Two Years on An Uninhabited Island. New York: J.P. Callender, 1836 P.P. King and R. Fitzroy. The South America Pilot. Part II. From the Rio de la Plata to the Bay of Panama, including Magellan Strait, the Falkland, and Galapagos Islands. Fifth Edition. London: Printed for the Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, 1860. pp. 116–118
External links Weddell Island Official Website NASA Johnson Space Center, 30 April 2005