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Falkland Islands (island group) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 51 45 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -51.7500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 059 10 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -59.1667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Comprises over 200 islands of strategic importance in S Atlantic; sighted by British John Davis 1592, though Spanish claimed Magellan had sighted them in 1520; as Spain's successor, Argentina has tried to claim the islands, most recently in 1982. |
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| Falkland Islands (preferred,C,V)
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............ | named by John Strong after Viscount Falkland, 1689-1690 |
| Islas Malvinas (C,O)
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| Falkland-Inseln (C,O)
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| Îles Falkland (C,O)
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| Falkland, Ilhas (C,O)
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| Falkland Islands island group (C,O,display)
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| Îles Malouines (H,O)
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............ | so-named in 1764, by De Bougainville, for fishermen from Saint Malo who frequently visited here |
| Van Weerdt Islands (H,O)
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............ | after Dutch navigator who was in region ca. 1600, used on maps of 17th-18th cen. |
| Islas do Sanson (H,O)
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............ | so-named on Spanish maps from early 16th cen. |
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