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Encyclopedia > Speedwell Island

Speedwell Island is one of the Falkland Islands, lying in the Falkland Sound, southwest of East Falkland. It has an area of 74 square kilometres.


The island is rodent-free, and thus a haven for penguins and nesting seabirds. It is run as a sheep farm.


Speedwell Island was originally known as Eagle Island. It is known as Isla Águila in Spanish.


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Falkland Islands - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (2872 words)
It is thought this fox was brought to the island by humans, although it may have reached the islands by itself via a land bridge during the last ice age.
Speedwell Island and George Island are split from East Falkland by Engle Passage.
The largest company in the islands is the Falkland Islands Company, a publicly quoted company on the London Stock Exchange and responsible for the majority of the economic activity on the islands, though its farms were sold in 1991 to the Falkland Islands Government.
Weddell Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (303 words)
Weddell Island is the third largest of the Falkland Islands, with an area of 98 square miles (254 km²).
The small population of the island lives in Weddell Settlement on the east coast, the remainder of the island being run as a sheep farm.
The island is known as Isla San José in Spanish.
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