Port Louis is a settlement on northeastern East Falkland. It was established by Louis de Bougainville on 5 April 1764 as the first French settlement on...
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Stanley (also known as Port Stanley) is the capital city of the Falkland Islands. It is located on the island of East Falkland, on a north-facing slope...
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capital of the islands and the main seaport is in East Falkland. The islands' (Anglican) Christ Church Cathedral is also in Stanley. Port Louis, at the head...
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Falkland Islands. List of settlements by name, population, and island it is located on Ajax Bay (East Falkland) Beaver Settlement (on Beaver Island)...
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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...
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The history of the Falkland Islands (Spanish: Islas Malvinas) goes back at least five hundred years, with active exploration and colonisation only taking...
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The Camp is the term used in the Falkland Islands to refer to any part of the islands outside the islands' only significant town, Stanley, and often the...
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but internationally diverse early 19th century inhabitants of the Falkland Islands, comprising and descended in part from settlers brought by Luis Vernet...
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Saunders Island (Spanish: Isla Trinidad) is the fourth largest of the Falkland Islands, lying north west of West Falkland. The island is run as a sheep...
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permanent settlement in the Falkland Islands, with the foundation of Port-Saint-Louis on East Falkland by French explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville in...
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on the islands is closely related to the history of the Falkland Islands themselves. The first settlement on the islands was at Port St. Louis and was...
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Irish-born settler in Port Louis in the Falkland Islands during a pivotal time in its history. He was hired by Luis Vernet as Port Louis storekeeper. Following...
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Falkland Islands wolf (Dusicyon australis), also known as the warrah (/ˈwɑːrə/ WAH-rə or /ˈwɑːrɑː/ WAH-rah) and occasionally as the Falkland Islands dog...
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District, a district of Mauritius Port Louis, Falkland Islands, a settlement on northeastern East Falkland Port-Louis, Guadeloupe, a commune in the Guadeloupe...
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The Battle of the Falkland Islands was a First World War naval action between the British Royal Navy and Imperial German Navy on 8 December 1914 in the...
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The Falklands Crisis of 1770 was a diplomatic standoff between Great Britain and Spain over possession of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean...
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Lively Island (Spanish: Isla Bougainville) is the largest of the Lively Island Group of the Falkland Islands, The island group lies east of East Falkland. Lively...
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invasion of the Falkland Islands. Under a declaration issued jointly following the 1999 agreement lifting travel restrictions to the islands, Argentina undertook...
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Saunders Island, which lies 1.5 miles (2.5 km) off the coast of West Falkland. He named the harbour Port Egmont, and claimed this and other islands for Britain...
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Weddell Island (Spanish: Isla San José) is one of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, lying off the southwest extremity of West Falkland. It is...
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Puerto Soledad (redirect from Port St. Louis)
Señora de la Soledad, English: Port Solitude) was a Spanish military outpost and penal colony on the Falkland Islands, situated at an inner cove of Berkeley...
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Falkland Islands Politics of the Falkland Islands Port Albemarle Port Egmont Port Howard Port Louis, Falkland Islands Port San Carlos Port Stanley Airport...
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Port Egmont (Spanish: Puerto de la Cruzada; French: Poil de la Croisade) was the first British settlement in the Falkland Islands, on Saunders Island...
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Falkland Sound and noted the islands' water and game. The Falklands remained uninhabited until the 1764 establishment of Port Louis on East Falkland by...
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PCGN Falkland Islands Archived 2012-10-22 at the Wayback Machine wikisource:Thomas Helsby's Account of the Port Louis Murders. "Falkland Islands Information...
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Carcass Island (Spanish: Isla del Rosario) is the largest of the West Point Island Group of the Falkland Islands. It lies north-west of West Falkland and...
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The Falkland Islands are located in the South Atlantic Ocean between 51°S and 53°S on a projection of the Patagonian Shelf, part of the South American...
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larger islands and other notable islands in the Falklands. Area data are from the USGS unless otherwise specified. This is a short list of islands, which...
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south extremity of West Falkland, Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. It is situated between the bays of Port Stephens and Port Albemarle, 12.3 km (7...
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West Point Island (originally known as Albatross Island; Spanish: Isla Remolinos) is one of the Falkland Islands, lying in the north-west corner of the...
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