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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.
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Mount Usborne (Spanish: Cerro Alberdi) is a mountain on East Falkland. At 705 m (2,313 ft) above sea level, it is the highest point in the Falkland Islands. It is only 5 metres (16 ft) taller than Mount Adam, the highest peak on West Falkland. The mountain is referenced by Charles Darwin in Chapter 9 of Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle.
Map of the Falkland Islands Stanley, Capital of the Falkland Islands Goose Green. List. List of settlements by name, population, and island it is located on #
Stanley is the main shopping centre on the islands and the hub of East Falkland's road network. Attractions include the Falkland Islands Museum, Government House—built in 1845 and home to the Governor of the Falkland Islands—and a golf course, as well as a whale-bone arch, a totem pole, several war memorials and the shipwrecks in
Map of the Falkland Islands. Shaped like the letter "E", it is joined to the northern part of the island by an isthmus that is almost 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) wide. [1] Were this isthmus to be severed, Lafonia would be the third largest of the Falkland Islands. Falkland Sound runs to the west between Lafonia and West Falkland.
A map of the Falkland Islands West Falkland from near Keppel Island Johnson's Harbour settlement, East Falkland. Spheniscus magellanicus on Carcass Island. The Neck on Saunders Island. Eudyptes chrysocome on New Island. Stanley Harbour, Stanley with mountains in the distance.
West Falkland (Spanish: Isla Gran Malvina) is the second largest of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. It is a hilly island, separated from East Falkland by the Falkland Sound. Its area is 4,532 square kilometres (1,750 square miles), 37% of the total area of the islands. [2] Its coastline is 1,258.7 kilometres (782.1 miles) long. [2]