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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
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 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 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.
This is a list of English and Spanish language placenames in the Falkland Islands. Most of the Spanish language names are quite different in origin to their English equivalents, and many have religious resonances.
Populated places on West Falkland (9 P) Pages in category "Populated places in the Falkland Islands" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
The three contending cities are from north to south: Punta Arenas ( 53°10′S 70°56′W / 53.167°S 70.933°W / -53.167; -70.933 , population: 123,403), literally in Spanish: "Sandy Point", is the oldest and largest city in Southern Patagonia , at the Strait of Magellan and the capital of the Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region
Pages in category "Islands of the Falkland Islands" The following 57 pages are in this category, out of 57 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...