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  2. List of Falkland Islands placenames - Wikipedia

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    The Spanish name for the archipelago, Islas Malvinas, derives from the French Îles Malouines — the name given to the islands by French explorer Louis-Antoine de Bougainville in 1764. [8] Bougainville, who founded the islands' first settlement, named the area after the port of Saint-Malo (the point of departure for his ships and colonists). [ 9 ]

  3. Falkland Islands - Wikipedia

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    The common Spanish name for the archipelago, Islas Malvinas, derives from the French Îles Malouines—the name given to the islands by French explorer Louis-Antoine de Bougainville in 1764. [12] Bougainville, who founded the islands' first settlement, named the area after the port of Saint-Malo (the point of departure for his ships and ...

  4. History of the Falkland Islands - Wikipedia

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    The French explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville established a colony at Port St. Louis, on East Falkland's Berkeley Sound coast in 1764. The French name Îles Malouines was given to the islands – malouin being the adjective for the Breton port of Saint-Malo.

  5. List of islands of the Falkland Islands - Wikipedia

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    A list of the derivations of Spanish names, where they differ substantially from the English versions. Beaver Island - Isla San Rafael - The archangel Raphael; Lively Island - Isla Bougainville - Louis Antoine de Bougainville; Jason Islands - Isla Sebaldes - Sebald de Weert; Pebble Island - Isla (de) Borbón/Isla Bourbon - House of Bourbon

  6. Stanley, Falkland Islands - Wikipedia

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    Stanley, unlike Port Louis, the former capital of the islands, was a new settlement founded by the British, and therefore did not have a Spanish name of its own. Many Spanish speakers use "Puerto Stanley", as a neutral translation of the British name but it is disliked by supporters of Argentine sovereignty who refuse to recognise English ...

  7. List of islands of Argentina - Wikipedia

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    Island (Spanish names) Province Coordinates Águila, Isla: Falkland Islands: Annenkov, Isla: South Georgia: Baja, Isla: Falkland Islands: Beauchêne, Isla

  8. List of settlements in the Falkland Islands - Wikipedia

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    Map of the Falkland Islands Stanley, ... List of settlements by name, population, and island it is located on # Settlement Island Population 1. Stanley: East Falkland:

  9. List of sovereign states and dependent territories in South ...

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    English name [7] [9] Legal status Domestic name Capital [11] Population [16] Area [15] Falkland Islands FLK British overseas territory: English: Falkland Islands Spanish: Islas Malvinas: Stanley English: Stanley: 3,398 [17] 12,173 km 2 (4,700 sq mi) South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands [n 5] SGS British overseas territory