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The Falkland Islands (/ ˈ f ɔː (l) k l ə n d, ˈ f ɒ l k-/ FAW(L)K-lənd, FOLK-; [6] Spanish: Islas Malvinas [ˈislas malˈβinas]), commonly referred to as The Falklands, is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf.
The Falkland Islands climate is very much influenced by both the cool ocean currents and the shielding effect of the Andes. The cold Antarctic Coastal Current [20] flows in an easterly direction around Cape Horn where part of it is diverted northwards as the Falklands Current. Subsurface temperatures in the vicinity of the Falklands are of the ...
Calling code: +500 [1]; International call prefix: 00 [4]; Main lines: 1,980 lines in use (2012), 218th in the world. [1]Mobile cellular: 3,450 lines, 216th in the world (2012); [1] Cable & Wireless launched "Touch" a GSM 900 mobile service during December 2005; Roaming became partially available in April 2007 depending on providers.
During the month of June that same year, YouTube XL was introduced, which has a simplified interface designed for viewing on a standard television screen. [117] YouTube is also available as an app on Xbox Live. [118] On November 15, 2012, Google launched an official app for the Wii, allowing users to watch YouTube videos from the Wii channel. [119]
GOM Player started supporting 360 video (360VR) for the first time as a domestic video player in December 2015, and also has supported 360 video on GOM Player mobile app since June 2016. 360 degree videos and trending videos on YouTube can be played through the right panel called Miniweb. In 2019, the preferences of GOM player were newly ...
The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) became a parliamentary representative dependency, whose members are democratically elected; while the governor, as head of government and representative of the monarch, is purely a figurehead without executive powers. Effectively, the Falkland Islands are self-governing, with the exception of foreign policy.
David Rutley is arriving in Stanley later on Thursday, the Foreign Office said.
The Falklands compete in the Commonwealth Games and in the biennial Island Games. [23] Louis Baillon is the only Falkland Islander to have become an Olympic champion, as a member of the British field hockey team which won a gold medal in 1908.