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This is a list of towns and settlements on the Falkland Islands. Map of the Falkland Islands Stanley, Capital of the Falkland Islands Goose Green. List
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This is a short list of islands, which are known to be named after someone. Until at least 1781, the Falklands as a whole were known as the Sebald or Sebaldine Island after Sebald de Weert , who sighted them and tried to make landfall on the Jason Islands in January 1600.
The Falkland Islands take their name from the Falkland Sound, a strait separating the archipelago's two main islands. [4] The name "Falkland" was applied to the channel by John Strong, captain of an English expedition, which landed on the islands in 1690.
The Falkland Islands are biogeographically part of the Antarctic zone, [114] with strong connections to the flora and fauna of Patagonia in mainland South America. [115] Land birds make up most of the Falklands' avifauna. The only endemic bird species on the Falkland Islands are the flightless Falkland steamer duck and Cobb's wren.
The following chart lists countries and dependencies along with their capital cities, ... (People's Republic of) ... Falkland Islands: Stanley: English: Faroe Islands [8]
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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Falkland Islands: The Falkland Islands (Spanish: Islas Malvinas) are an archipelago located in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about 310 miles (500 kilometres) east of the Patagonian coast at a latitude of about 52°S.