Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
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.
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
Over 70% of the population of the Falkland Islands live in the capital, Stanley, which is located in East Falkland. The northern part of the island, apart from the coastal strip bordering the Choiseul Sound , is largely underlain by Palaeozoic rocks in the form of quartzite and slate , which tend to form rugged landscapes and coastlines and to ...
Falkland Islands Radio Service is an independent radio broadcaster in the Falkland Islands. Although officially called Falkland Islands Radio Service, the station ident is Falklands Radio, and it is often referred to as FIRS. The station broadcasts for 76 hours each week and provides a wide range of programming including all music genres, local ...
Argentina has vowed to gain “full sovereignty” of the Falkland Islands after the UK gave up control of a remote archipelago in return for securing the future of a strategically important ...
Sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Spanish: Islas Malvinas) is disputed by Argentina and the United Kingdom.The British claim to sovereignty dates from 1690, when they made the first recorded landing on the islands, [1] and the United Kingdom has exercised de facto sovereignty over the archipelago almost continuously since 1833.
The Mountain and Arctic Warfare Cadre departed the UK on the stores ship RFA Resource on 5 April, [16] and arrived in the Falkland Islands on the landing ship RFA Sir Tristram on 21 May 1982. [ 17 ] On 28 May, the Mountain and Arctic Warfare Cadre deployed four of its sections in the vicinity of Top Malo House to screen the breakout of 3 ...