 Flag of the Falkland Islands, 1999–present. Flag ratio: 1:2 The flag of the Falkland Islands was adopted on September 29, 1948. It is a Blue Ensign with the Union Flag in the canton and the Coat of Arms of the Falkland Islands superimposed. Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Falkland_Islands. ...
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is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
RFA Brambleleaf flying the square Blue Jack based on the Blue Ensign The Blue Ensign is a flag, one of several British ensigns, used by certain organisations or territories associated with the United Kingdom. ...
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The Coat of Arms of the Falkland Islands were granted on September 29, 1948. ...
The Falkland Island Dependencies had their own flag, what is now the Flag of the British Antarctic Territory, and did not use the Falkland Islands flag. However, when the British Antarctic Territory was created in 1963, the islands of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands remained dependencies of the Falkland Islands, and reverted to using the Falkands flag until 1985 when they became a separate overseas territory, and gained their own flag. Flag of the British Antarctic Territory Flag of the Commissioner of the British Antarctic Territory The Flag of the British Antarctic Territory was granted in 1963, when the British Antarctic Territory was created. ...
Motto: Research and Discovery Anthem: God Save the Queen Status British overseas territory Official language(s) - Commissioner Tony Crombie Administrator Michael Richardson Area 1,395,000 km² Population c. ...
Motto Leo Terram Propriam Protegat(Latin) Let the Lion protect his own land or May the Lion protect his own land Anthem God Save the Queen Capital Grytviken (King Edward Point) Official languages English Government British overseas territory - Head of State Queen Elizabeth II - Commissioner Alan Huckle Area - Total 3...
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Location of the British Overseas Territories The British Overseas Territories are fourteen[1] territories which the United Kingdom considers to be under its sovereignty, but not as part of the United Kingdom itself. ...
During the Falklands War, when Argentina occupied the islands, the flag was banned and in its place the Argentine Republic's flag was raised. Currently, Argentina maintains that the islands are part of the Tierra del Fuego Province and considers the province's flag to be the islands' flag, although it has never been flown on them. Combatants Argentina United Kingdom Commanders President Leopoldo Galtieri Vice-Admiral Juan Lombardo Brigadier-General Ernesto Crespo Brigade-General Mario Menéndez Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse Rear-Admiral John âSandyâ Woodward Major-General Jeremy Moore Casualties 649 killed 1,068 wounded 11,313 taken prisoner 75 fixed...
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Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica, and South Atlantic Islands (Spanish: Provincia de Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur) is a province entirely separated by the Strait of Magellan from mainland Argentina on the Isla Grande of Tierra del Fuego, which it shares with Chile to the...
A Red Ensign with the Falklands coat of arms superimposed was adopted in 1998 and is used as the Islands' civil ensign. Previously the plain red ensign was used by ships in the territorial waters around the Falklands. The Red Ensign, as currently used by the United Kingdoms Merchant Navy The Red Ensign of the United Kingdom in use in London The Red Ensign or Red Duster is a flag that originated in the early 17th century as an ensign flown by the Royal Navy. ...
Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...
The civil ensign (a. ...
The Governor of the Falkland Islands uses a Union Flag defaced with the coat of arms. Nowadays, the Governor of the Falkland Islands is the local representative of the British Crown in the Falkland Islands. ...
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See also | Falkland Islands | Geography Barren Island · Beaver Island · Beauchene Island · Bleaker Island · Carcass Island · Dyke Island · East Falkland · Fox Island · George Island · Golding Island · Great Island · Jason Islands · Keppel Island · Kidney Island · Lafonia · Lively Island · New Island · Pebble Island · Ruggles Island · Saunders Island · Sea Lion Island · Speedwell Island · Staats Island · Swan Islands · Tea Island · Weddell Island · West Falkland · West Point Island · Mount Usborne · Mount Maria · Falkland Sound Locations Airport · Ajax Bay · Camp · Darwin · Fox Bay · Goose Green · Hill Cove · Johnson's Harbour · North Arm · Pebble Island · Port Albemarle · Port Howard · Port Louis · Port Patterson · Port San Carlos · Port Stephens · Salvador · San Carlos · Stanley · This is a list of flags used by and in the United Kingdom and related territories. ...
This is a list of flags used by and in the Falkland Islands. ...
Barren Island (Spanish: Isla Pelada; 52° 22 33 S, 59° 41 60 W) is one of the Falkland Islands, lying south west of East Falkland and south east of George Island. ...
Beaver Island is one of the Falkland Islands, lying west of Weddell Island and south of New Island. ...
Beauchene Island is one of the Falkland Islands, lying thirty miles south of Sea Lion Island, the nearest land. ...
Bleaker Island is one of the Falkland Islands, lying southeast of East Falkland. ...
Carcass Island is one of the Falkland Islands, lying north west of West Falkland and south east of the Jason Islands. ...
Dyke Island is one of the Falkland Islands, lying between Weddell Island, and West Falkland. ...
East Falkland (beige) shown within Falkland Islands East Falkland, the largest of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, has an area of 6,605 square kilometres. ...
Fox Island is one of the Falkland Islands. ...
This article is about George Island in the Falkland Islands. ...
Golding Island is one of the Falkland Islands, just to the north of West Falkland in Keppel Sound and near Keppel and Pebble Islands. ...
Great Island is one of the Falkland Islands. ...
The Jason Islands are an archipelago in the Falkland Islands, lying north west of the main island group, and about 250 miles east of Argentina. ...
For the Keppel Islands of Australia, including Great Keppel Island, see Keppel Bay Islands National Park Keppel Island is one of the Falkland Islands, lying between Saunders Island and Pebble Island. ...
Kidney Island is a small island (33 hectares) to the east of East Falkland, not far from Stanley. ...
Lafonia is the southern part of East Falkland, the largest of the Falkland Islands. ...
Lively Island is one of the Falkland Islands, lying west of West Falkland. ...
New Island is one of the Falkland Islands, lying north of Beaver Island. ...
Pebble Island is one of the Falkland Islands, lying north of West Falkland. ...
Ruggles Island is a small island, off East Falkland in the Falkland Islands. ...
Saunders Island is one of the Falkland Islands, lying north west of West Falkland. ...
Disambiguation: There is also a smaller Sea Lion Island in Choiseul Sound, Falkland Islands Sea Lion Island (Spanish: Isla de los Leones Marinos) is one of the Falkland Islands, lying eight miles south east of Lafonia (East Falkland). ...
Speedwell Island is one of the Falkland Islands, lying in the Falkland Sound, southwest of East Falkland. ...
Staats Island is one of the Falkland Islands, lying between Beaver Island and Weddell Island. ...
The Swan Islands are a small group of islands in the middle of Falkland Sound in the Falkland Islands. ...
Tea Island is one of the Falkland Islands. ...
Weddell Island shown within Falkland Islands Weddell Island is the third largest of the Falkland Islands, with an area of 98 square miles (254 km²). Until the late nineteenth century, it was known as Swan Island. ...
West Falkland (shown in white) within the Falkland Islands group West Falkland, known as Gran Malvina in Spanish, is the second largest of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, with an area of approximately 4,532 km² (5,413 km² including the adjacent small islands). ...
West Point Island is one of the Falkland Islands, lying west of West Falkland, from which it is separated by the Wooly Cut channel. ...
Mount Usborne is a mountain on East Falkland Island; at 705m (2312 feet) above sea level, it is the highest point in the Falkland Islands. ...
Mount Maria is a mountain of the Hornby Mountains, adjacent to Port Howard, on West Falkland island (Falkland Islands). ...
The Falkland Sound is a sea strait in the Falkland Islands. ...
Ajax Bay is a settlement on East Falkland, in the Falkland Islands, It is on the north west coast, on the shore of San Carlos Water, a few miles from Port San Carlos. ...
Camp is the term used in the Falkland Islands to refer to any part of the islands outside of the islands only significant town, Stanley. ...
Darwin is a settlement on East Falkland, lying on Choisel Sound, on the east side of the islands central isthmus. ...
Fox Bay is the second largest settlement on West Falkland in the Falkland Islands. ...
Goose Green is a settlement on East Falkland in the Falkland Islands. ...
Hill Cove is the third largest settlement on West Falkland, in the Falkland Islands, in the north west. ...
Johnsons Harbour settlement Johnsons Harbour is a settlement on East Falkland, in the Falkland Islands. ...
North Arm is a settlement on East Falkland, in the Falkland Islands, in Lafonia. ...
Pebble Island Settlement (Spanish/Argentine name: Puerto Calderón [1]) is on Pebble Island in the north west Falkland Islands. ...
Map of the Falkland Islands showing Port Albemarle Port Albemarle (Spanish: Puerto Santa Eufemia [1]) is a settlement on West Falkland, in the Falkland Islands. ...
Port Howard is the largest settlement on West Falkland and is the centre of a 200,000 acre (800 km²) sheep farm. ...
Port Louis is a settlement on northeastern East Falkland. ...
Port Patterson is the name of the settlement on Carcass Island in the western Falkland Islands. ...
Port San Carlos is located on the northern bank of the San Carlos Estuary on the Western coast of East Falkland (also known as Soledad), in the Falkland Islands. ...
Port Stephens is a settlement on West Falkland, in the Falkland Islands. ...
Salvador Settlement, also called Salvador or Salvador Settlement Corral, is a small harbor located on an inlet on the northern side of the eastern island of the Falkland Islands in the south Atlantic (called Islas Malvinas by the Argentinians) situated at -51. ...
San Carlos is a settlement in northwestern East Falkland, lying south of Port San Carlos on San Carlos Water. ...
Map of the Falkland Islands showing position of Stanley. ...
Politics and government | Military Government House · Governor · Legislative Council · Sovereignty · Flag · Coat of arms | British Forces South Atlantic Islands · Falkland Islands Defence Force · RAF Mount Pleasant · Mare Harbour The politics of the Falkland Islands, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom (also claimed by Argentina), is minimal, lacking any political parties and differing little from standard British governmental and legal proceedings. ...
Government House in Stanley has been the home of the Falkland Islands London-appointed Governors since the mid-19th century. ...
Nowadays, the Governor of the Falkland Islands is the local representative of the British Crown in the Falkland Islands. ...
The Legislative Council has 10 members, 8 of which are elected every 4 years and 2 members ex officio. ...
The sovereignty of the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas in Spanish) [1] has been the subject of dispute between the United Kingdom, Spain, France and Argentina (all controlling the Falkland Islands at some point), lasting more than two centuries. ...
The Coat of Arms of the Falkland Islands were granted on September 29, 1948. ...
A British joint-forces flag used in the Falkands [1] The Falkland Islands are an overseas territory of the United Kingdom and, as such, rely on the UK for guarantee of their security. ...
The Falkland Islands are an overseas territory of the United Kingdom and, as such, rely on the UK for guarantee of their security. ...
RAF Mount Pleasant (IATA: MPN, ICAO: EGYP) (also known as Mount Pleasant Airport or Mount Pleasant Complex)[1] is a military base for the Royal Air Force in the British Overseas Territory of the Falkland Islands. ...
Mare Harbour (Spanish: Puerto Yegua [1]) is a small settlement on East Falkland. ...
Society Communications · Culture · History (Port Egmont · Puerto Soledad · Falklands War) · Transport · Web domain To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require rewriting and/or reformatting. ...
Falklanders are very much into good food, being well known all over the southern half of South America and the Antarctic territories for their excellent wurstels. ...
The Falkland Islands were uninhabited when discovered by Europeans, but the recent discovery of the remains of a wooden canoe is strong evidence that they had previously been visited, most probably by the Yaghan people of Tierra del Fuego. ...
Port Egmont is a settlement on Saunders Island, within the Falkland Islands Categories: | ...
Location of Puerto Soledad, Falkland Islands Puerto Soledad (Puerto de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad, English: ) was a Spanish military outpost and penal colony on the Falkland Islands, situated at an inner cove of Berkeley Sound (French: [1], Spanish: ). The settlement was established as a French colony under the...
Combatants Argentina United Kingdom Commanders President Leopoldo Galtieri Vice-Admiral Juan Lombardo Brigadier-General Ernesto Crespo Brigade-General Mario Menéndez Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse Rear-Admiral John âSandyâ Woodward Major-General Jeremy Moore Casualties 649 killed 1,068 wounded 11,313 taken prisoner 75 fixed...
.fk is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Falkland Islands. ...
People Falkland Islanders · Origins of Falkland Islanders Falkland Islanders Falkland Islanders (also called Kelpers[1], Falklanders; Spanish: ) derive from the numerically small but internationally diverse early 19th century inhabitants of the Falkland Islands comprising and descending in part from settlers brought by Luis Vernet, and English and American sealers; South American gauchos who settled in the 1840s...
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A United Kingdom overseas territory (formerly known as a dependent territory or earlier as a crown colony) is a territory that is under the sovereignty and formal control of the United Kingdom but is not part of the United Kingdom proper (almost exclusively Great Britain and Northern Ireland). ...
Flag of the British Antarctic Territory Flag of the Commissioner of the British Antarctic Territory The Flag of the British Antarctic Territory was granted in 1963, when the British Antarctic Territory was created. ...
Flag Ratio: 1:2 The flag of the British Indian Ocean Territory was adopted on November 8, 1990. ...
Flag ratio: 1:2 Flag of the Governor of the British Virgin Islands The Flag of the British Virgin Islands was adopted on November 15, 1960. ...
Flag Ratio: 1:2 The flag of the Cayman Islands was adopted in 1959. ...
Flag of the Pitcairn Islands The Flag of the Pitcairn Islands was adopted on April 2, 1984. ...
Flag ratio: 1:2 The Flag of Saint Helena and Dependencies was adopted on October 4, 1984. ...
Flag of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Flag of the Civil Commissioner of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands The Flag of the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands was granted in 1985, when the Territory was created. ...
The Flag of Tristan da Cunha The Flag of Tristan da Cunha was adopted on October 20, in a proclamation made by the Governor of Saint Helena under a Royal Warrant granted by Queen Elizabeth II. Prior to this, as a dependancy of Saint Helena, Tristan du Cunha used the...
Flag ratio: 1:2 The flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands is similar to the flags of other British dependencies and colonies as it has the Union Flag in the upper hoist-side corner. ...
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The Isle of Man is situated in the Irish Sea between Great Britain and Ireland, and the bailiwicks of Jersey and Guersey are situated in the English Channel to the west of the Cotentin Crown dependencies are possessions of The Crown in Right of the United Kingdom, as opposed to...
Flag of Alderney The Flag of Alderney was granted on December 20, 1993. ...
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