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Golding Island is one of the Falkland Islands, just to the north of West Falkland in Keppel Sound and near Keppel and Pebble Islands. It has a complex shape, with narrow headlands and bays, and a pond in the middle. 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). ...
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. ...
Pebble Island is one of the Falkland Islands, lying north of West Falkland. ...
Golding Island is a sheep farm, and was previously farmed together with Pebble Island and Keppel Island by the Dean Brothers. It is now owned by the Hirtle family. Pebble Island is one of the Falkland Islands, lying north of West Falkland. ...
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. ...
During the Falklands War, an airman, Capitan Garcia ejected from his aircraft, an FAA A-4C Skyhawk after a raid on San Carlos Water. His body was not recovered, but was washed ashore in a dinghy in 1983 [1][2] Combatants United Kingdom Argentina Casualties 258 killed [3] 777 wounded 59 taken prisoner 649 killed 1,068 wounded 11,313 taken prisoner The Falklands War (Spanish: ) was fought in 1982 between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. ...
San Carlos Water or San Carlos Water is a bay/fjord on the west coast of East Falkland, facing onto the Falkland Sound. ...
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Geography Barren Island · Beaver Island · Beauchene Island · Bleaker Island · Carcass Island · East Falkland (Lafonia) · George Island · Golding Island · Jason Islands · Keppel Island · Lively Island · New Island · Pebble Island · Ruggles Island · Saunders Island · Sea Lion Island · Speedwell Island · Staats Island · Swan Islands · Weddell Island · West Falkland · West Point Island Barren Island 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. ...
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. ...
Lafonia is the southern part of East Falkland, the largest of the Falkland Islands. ...
This article is about George Island in 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. ...
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. ...
Sea Lion Island is one of the Falkland Islands, lying eight miles south of 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. ...
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. ...
Locations Airport · Camp · Darwin · Fox Bay · Goose Green · Port Egmont · Port Howard · Port Louis · Port San Carlos · Salvador · San Carlos · Stanley 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. ...
Port Egmont is a settlement on Saunders Island, within the Falkland Islands Categories: | ...
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 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. ...
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. ...
Official website: http://www. ...
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 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 Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic. ...
Flag ratio: 1:2 Civil ensign; Flag ratio: 1:2 Governor of the Falkland Islands flag Malvinas Flag according to Argentina The Flag of the Falkland Islands was adopted on September 29, 1948. ...
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. ...
Society Communications · Culture · History · 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. ...
.fk is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Falkland Islands. ...
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