Beauchene Island
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Beauchene Island is one of the Falkland Islands, lying thirty miles south of Sea Lion Island, the nearest land. It was discovered in 1701 by Jacques Gouin de Beauchesne and named for him.
The island is a nature reserve and is covered in tussac grass and is known for its colony of black-browed albatrosses. Other wildlife includes rockhopper penguins, while the coast is known for its caves. It is also known for its peat, which forms at around ten times the rate of anywhere else in the world. The process by which it forms is not known.