List of islands of the Falkland Islands
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The following islands form the Falkland Islands.
Main islands
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Island | Area (km2) | Population | Height (m) |
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East Falkland | 6,605 km2 (2,550 sq mi) | 2197 | 705 |
West Falkland | 4,532 km2 (1,750 sq mi) | 144 | 700 |
Other islands
Small archipelagos
Jason Islands
None of the Jason Islands are permanently inhabited.
Island | Area (ha)[1] | Height (m)[1] |
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Elephant Jason | 2.60 | 208 |
Flat Jason | 3.75 | ? |
Grand Jason | 13.80 | 361 |
South Jason | 3.75 | ca. 300 |
Steeple Jason | 7.90 | 263 |
Highest islands
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Rank | Island | Mountain | Height (m) | Height (ft) |
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1 | East Falkland | Mt Usborne[2] | 705 | 2,313 |
2 | West Falkland | Mt Adam | 700 | 2,297 |
3 | Weddell Island | Mt Weddell | 383 | 1,257 |
4 | West Point Island | Mt Misery | 369 | 1,211 |
5 | Carcass Island | Stanley Hill & Mt Bing | 304 | 997 |
List of Falkland Islands named after people
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.[3][4]
- Beauchene Island - Jacques Gouin de Beauchêne
- Dunbar Island
- (East Falkland) Lafonia (peninsula) - Samuel Fisher Lafone
- George Island - ? King George
- Golding Island
- Jason Islands
- Keppel Island - Augustus Keppel
- Saunders Island
- Ruggles Island
- Staats Island
- Tyssen Islands - John Tyssen (1811–1893), British naval officer [5]
- Weddell Island - James Weddell
Spanish names derived from people
A list of the derivations of Spanish names, where they differ substantially from the English versions.
- Beaver Island - Isla San Rafael - The archangel Raphael
- Lively Island - Isla Bougainville - Louis Antoine de Bougainville
- Bleaker Island - Isla María - ?Virgin Mary
- Jason Islands - Isla Sebaldes - Sebald de Weert
- Pebble Island - Isla (de) Borbón/Isla Bourbon - House of Bourbon
- Weddell Island - Isla San José - Saint Joseph
See also
- Falkland Islands
- List of islands by area
- List of islands by highest point
- List of islands by population
- List of islands in lakes
- List of islands in the Atlantic Ocean
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Falkland Islands Important Bird Areas Archived 2011-07-10 at the Wayback Machine Falklands Conservation
- ^ "virtualglobetrotting.com/map/mount-usborne-highest-point-of-the-falkland-islands". www.summitpost.org. 2 April 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ William Funnell, A voyage round the world, London, 1707
- ^ John Rickman, Journal of Captain Cook's Last Voyage to the Pacific Ocean on Discovery, London, 1781
- ^ Tyssen, John at www.falklandsbiographies.org
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- World island information @ WorldIslandInfo.com
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