Please note: "Long Island" was also the name of Bleaker Island

Bleaker Island

Bleaker Island is one of the Falkland Islands, lying off south east Lafonia . The name is a corruption of "Breaker Island" due to the waves that break on it...

 at one point.

Long Island (French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

: Isle Brûlée, Spanish

Spanish language

Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

: Isla Larga) is the largest island in Berkeley Sound

Berkeley Sound

Berkeley Sound is an inlet, or fjord in the north east of East Falkland in the Falkland Islands. The inlet was the site of the first attempts at colonisation of the islands, at Port Louis, by the French....

, 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...

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During the August 1833 events in nearby Port Louis

Port Louis, Falkland Islands

Port Louis is a settlement on northeastern East Falkland. It was established by Louis de Bougainville in 1764 as the first French settlement on the islands, but was then transferred to Spain in 1767 and renamed Puerto Soledad .-History:The settlement has seen several name changes...

, the surviving members of Louis Vernet's settlement, seeking refuge on the nearby Hog Island

Hog Island, Falkland Islands

Hog Island is the largest island in Berkeley Sound, Falkland Islands.During the August 1833 events in nearby Port Louis, the surviving members of Luis Vernet's colony sought refuge on the nearby Hog Island to escape the murderous gang of Antonio Rivero, and they regularly sent their boat to...

 to escape the murderous gang of Antonio Rivero

Antonio Rivero

Antonio “El Gaucho" Rivero was a Gaucho who murdered the five leading members of the settlement of Port Louis on the Falkland Islands on 26 August 1833.-Biography:...

, regularly sent their boat to Long Island for food supplies to bring cattle, pigs, and geese.

There is one listed building on the island, the Old House.