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See all on Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkland_IslandsThe Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about 300 mi (480 km) east of South America's southern Patagonian coast and about 752 mi (1,210 km) from the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, at a latitude of
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See moreThe name "Falkland Islands" comes from Falkland Sound, the strait that separates the two main islands. The name "Falkland" was applied to the channel by John Strong, captain of an English expedition that landed on the islands in
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The Falkland Islands are a self-governing British Overseas Territory. Under the 2009 Constitution, the islands have full internal self-government; the UK is responsible for foreign affairs, retaining
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See moreThe Falkland Islands are biogeographically part of the Antarctic zone, with strong connections to the flora and fauna of Patagonia in
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See moreThe Falkland Islands population is homogeneous, mostly descended from Scottish and Welsh immigrants who settled in the territory after 1833. The Falkland-born population are also
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See moreAlthough Fuegians from Patagonia may have visited the Falkland Islands in prehistoric times, the islands were uninhabited when Europeans first explored them. European claims of
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See moreThe Falkland Islands have a land area of 4,700 sq mi (12,000 km ) and a coastline estimated at 800 mi (1,300 km). The archipelago consists of
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Falkland may refer to:
• Falkland, British Columbia, a community in Canada
• Falkland, Nova Scotia, a community in Canada
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- Falkland, previously in the Lands of Kilgour, is a village, parish and former royal burgh in Fife, Scotland, at the foot of the Lomond Hills. According to the 2008 population estimate, it has a population of 1,180.
- Country: Scotland
- Population: 1,120 (mid-2020 est.)
- UK Parliament: North East Fife
- Post town: CUPAR
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- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Falkland_IslandsSee more on en.wikipedia.orgWhen the world sea level was lower in the Ice Age, the Falkland Islandsmay have been joined to the mainland of South America. While Amerindians from Patagonia could have visited the Falklands, the islands were uninhabited when discovered by Europeans. Recent discoveries of arrowheads in Lafonia (on the southern half of …
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