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Where is the Falkland Island located?
South America
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)/Continent
Falkland Islands, also called Malvinas Islands or Spanish Islas Malvinas, internally self-governing overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the South Atlantic Ocean. It lies about 300 miles (480 km) northeast of the southern tip of South America and a similar distance east of the Strait of Magellan.
What island is east of Falkland Islands?
The government of the Falkland Islands also administers the British overseas territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, including the Shag and Clerke rocks, lying from 700 to 2,000 miles (1,100 to 3,200 km) to the east and southeast of the Falklands. What are the islands of the Maldives made of?
Who discovered the Falkland Islands?
History of the Falkland Islands. The English navigator John Davis in the Desire may have been the first person to sight the Falklands, in 1592, but it was the Dutchman Sebald de Weerdt who made the first undisputed sighting of them about 1600.
What is the relative location of Falkland Islands?
The Falkland Islands are situated in the South Atlantic , some 400 miles (483 km) from the South American mainland and 850 miles (1,365 km) north of the Antarctic Circle. They are located between Latitude 51° and 53°S and Longitude 57° and 62°W; approximately the same latitude south as London is north.
Are the Falklands British?
The Falkland Islands are a British overseas territory and, as such, rely on the UK for the guarantee of their security.
What happened in the Falklands in 1982?
The Falklands War began on April 2, 1982, when Argentine troops landed in the Falkland Islands. The fighting ended on June 14, following the British liberation of the islands’ capital, Port Stanley , and the surrender of Argentine forces in the Falklands.