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Stanley (also known as Port Stanley) is the capital city of the Falkland Islands. It is located on the island of East Falkland, on a north-facing slope in one of the wettest parts of the islands. At the 2016 census, the city had a population of 2,460. [1] The entire population of the Falkland Islands was 3,398 on Census Day - 9 October 2016.
Stanley Harbour from the air, with the hulk of Lady Elizabeth in the left foreground Stanley Harbour and the town, from the air Early mapping of Stanley Harbour (Dom Pernety, 1769) Stanley Harbour is a large inlet on the east coast of East Falkland island. A strait called "the Narrows" leads into Port William.
Stanley, sur East Falkland, est la capitale et la plus grande agglomération de l'archipel. Les Malouines sont un territoire autonome du Royaume-Uni. Nederlands: Topografische kaart van de Falklandeilanden , een Brits overzees gebiedsdeel in de Zuidelijke Atlantische Oceaan.
Map showing the Port Stanley area and Blanco Bay. Blanco Bay is a bay located to the north of Stanley, Falkland Islands. It contains the Sparrow Cove. Gypsy Cove and the smaller Yorke Bay lie in its southern part to the northwest of Port Stanley Airport. A small channel passes through to the town of Port Stanley itself.
Gypsy Cove in Yorke Bay in 2019, with penguins on the beach Early mapping of Yorke Bay (Dom Pernety, 1769). Yorke Bay is a bay on East Falkland in the Falkland Islands.It is located half a mile north of Port Stanley Airport, four miles to the northeast of the capital city of Stanley, on a peninsula connected to the mainland by the Boxer Bridge and a narrow isthmus known as "The Neck".
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Map of the Falkland Islands The Falkland Islands have a land area of 4,700 sq mi (12,000 km 2 ) and a coastline estimated at 800 mi (1,300 km). [ 104 ] The archipelago consists of two main islands, West Falkland and East Falkland, and 776 smaller islands. [ 105 ]
Burdwood Bank was the location of several landslides some three million years ago. This in turn produced tsunami like events that hit the Falkland Islands on its southern coast. Estimates of the size of the waves vary from up to 40 metres (130 ft) at the southern coast and up to 10 metres (33 ft) where the capital, Port Stanley, is located. [18]