User:MacRusgail/List of Falkland Islands
Appearance
This is a list of the islands of Falkland Islands, which are an overseas dependency of Great Britain.
Main islands
[edit]Island | Area (km²) | Population | Height (m) |
---|---|---|---|
East Falkland | 6,605 km² (2,550 sq mi) | 2197 | 705 |
West Falkland | 4,532 km² (1,750 sq mi | 144 | 700 |
Other Islands
[edit]Island | Area (km²) | Population | Height (m) |
---|---|---|---|
Barren Island | ? | 0 | ? |
Beauchene Island | 5 | ? | 82 |
Beaver Island | ? | ? | ? |
Bird Island | ? | 0 | ? |
Bleaker Island | 20.7 | ? | 29 |
Broken Island | ? | 0 | ? |
Carcass Island | ? | ? | 304 |
Centre Island | ? | 0 | ? |
Dunbar Island | ? | 0 | ? |
Dyke Island | ? | 0 | ? |
East Island | ? | 0 | ? |
Edddystone Rock | ? | 0 | 44 |
Fox Island | ? | 0 | ? |
George Island | ? | ? | ? |
Golding Island | ? | 0 | ? |
Great Island | ? | 0 | ? |
Hog Island | ? | 0 | ? |
Horse Block | <1 | 0 | ? |
Keppel Island | 40 | ? | ? |
Kidney Island | ? | 0 | ? |
Lively Island | ? | ? | ? |
Long Island | ? | 0 | ? |
Low Island | ? | 0 | ? |
Middle Island | ? | 0 | ? |
Narrow Island | ? | 0 | ? |
New Island | ? | ? | ? |
Passage Island | ? | 0 | ? |
Pebble Island | 88 | ? | ? |
Rabbit Island | ? | 0 | ? |
River Island | ? | 0 | ? |
Ruggles Island | ? | 0 | ? |
Saunders Island | 132 | ? | ? |
Sea Lion Island | ? | ? | 46 |
Sedge Island | ? | 0 | ? |
Speedwell Island | ? | ? | ? |
Split Island | ? | 0 | ? |
Staats Island | ? | 0 | ? |
Tea Island | ? | 0 | ? |
Weddell Island | ? | ? | ? |
West Point Island | ? | ? | 369 |
Small archipelagos
[edit]None of the Jason Islands are permanently inhabited.
Island | Area (ha) | Height (m) |
---|---|---|
Elephant Jason | ? | ? |
Flat Jason | ? | ? |
Grand Jason | ? | ? |
South Jason | ? | ? |
Steeple Jason | ? | ? |
Highest islands
[edit]Rank | Island | Mountain | Height (m) | Height (ft) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | East Falkland | Mt Usborne | 705 | 2,313 |
2 | West Falkland | Mt Adam | 700 | 2,297 |
3 | West Point Island | Mt Misery | 369 | 1,211 |
4 | Carcass Island | Stanley Hill & Mt Bing | 304 | 997 |
List of Falkland Islands named after people
[edit]This is a short list of islands, which are known to be named after someone.
- Beauchene Island - Jacques Gouin de Beauchêne
- Dunbar Island
- (East Falkland) Lafonia (peninsula) - Samuel Fisher Lafone
- George Island - ? King George
- Golding Island
- Keppel Island - Augustus Keppel
- Saunders Island
- Ruggles Island
- Staats Island
- Tyssen Islands
- Weddell Island - James Weddell
Spanish names derived from people
[edit]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