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	Falkland Islands - LoveToKnow 1911
		The government barrack is a rather imposing structure in the middle of the town, as is the cathedral church to the east, built of stone and buttressed with brick.
		The Falkland Islands consist entirely, so far as is known, of the older Palaeozoic rocks, Lower Devonian or Upper Silurian, slightly metamorphosed and a good deal crumpled and distorted, in the low grounds clay slate and soft sandstone, and on the ridges hardened sandstone passing into the conspicuous white quartzites.
		The Falkland Islands are a crown colony, with a governor and executive and legislative councils.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /F/FA/FALKLAND_ISLANDS.htm (2508 words)

	Falkland Islands - MSN Encarta
		Geologically, the Falkland Islands are a part of Patagonia in Argentina, being connected with the mainland by a raised submarine plateau.
		The low-lying areas of the Falklands are composed of clay, slate, and soft sandstone, and the hills and ridges are formed of hard sandstone and white quartzite.
		A lighthouse is maintained at Cape Pembroke, East Falkland, near Stanley (2001 population, 2,000), the chief town and main port.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761578569/Falkland_Islands.html (887 words)

	Falklands Islands - Introduction
		The population of the Falkland Islands is almost entirely British (96%) The Islands have an ordinary resident population of around 2,120 people, 1,560 or so of whom live in Stanley with the remainder in the "Camp," (the countryside) in East and West Falklands.
		The Falkland Islands are a Dependent Territory of the United Kingdom, executive authority being vested in Her Majesty the Queen and exercised by the Governor on her behalf.
		Falkland Islands Government salaries are scaled by annual increments and additionally are subject to increase in line with the indices for retail prices, Rates paid by the other main employer, the Falkland Islands Company, are similar and generally other employer's rates approximate, with some flexibility.
	www.falklands-malvinas.com /falklands/fintro.htm (1459 words)

	The Falklands War (1982) / La Guerra de Las Malvinas (1982)
		The Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) are a group of islands in the south Atlantic.
		The government of the Falkland Islands administers the British dependent territories of South Georgia, the South Sandwich Islands, and 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.
		Argentina based its claim to the Falklands on papal bulls of 1493 modified by the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494), by which Spain and Portugal had divided the New World between themselves; on succession from Spain; on the islands' proximity to South America; and on the need to end a colonial situation.
	www.yendor.com /vanished/falklands-war.html (3083 words)

	Finborough Theatre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Falkland Sound tells the life story of David Tinker from his letters and poems.
		In this 20th anniversary year of the Falklands War, Falkland Sound presents one of the only views of the Falklands War written as the battle was raging.
		Falkland Sound, originally seen at the Royal Court in 1983, is based on the book A Message from the Falklands: The Life and Gallant Death of David Tinker.
	finboroughtheatre.itgo.com /archive/archive_falklandsound.htm (850 words)

	Atlantic Ocean - Falkland Islands
		The Falkland Islands are located in the far southwestern regions of the Atlantic Ocean, being situated around 470 km east from the coast of southern Argentina (see Falklands-Argentina panorama).
		The two main islands of East and West Falkland are separated by a narrow channel known as the Falkland Sound, and together account for the majority of the groups landmass — with East Falkland covering 7,039 km² and West Falkland covering 4,531 km².
		The islands are bleak in appearance, consisting of a highly eroded and treeless terrain of low, rugged hills and valleys, rising to a height of 710 m at Mt.
	www.oceandots.com /atlantic/falklands (517 words)

	Falkland Islands
		The Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic continental shelf consisting of two main islands, East Falkland and West Falkland, and a number of smaller islands.
		The Falkland Islands are located at 51В° 45вЂІ 00вЂі S, 059В° 10вЂІ 00вЂі W. The Falkland Islands are a largely self-governing overseas territory of the United Kingdom but are claimed by Argentina to be part of its national territory.
		The largest company in the islands is the Falkland Islands Company, a publicly quoted company on the London Stock Exchange and responsible for the majority of the economic activity on the islands.
	www.transporteon.com /Airlines-F/Falkland_Islands.php (2336 words)

	Falkland Sound - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Falkland Sound (Spanish: Estrecho de San Carlos) is a sea strait in the Falkland Islands.
		The sound was named by John Strong in 1690 for Viscount Falkland, the name only later being applied to the archipelago and its two largest islands.
		Settlements on it include Port San Carlos and San Carlos on East Falkland and Port Howard and Fox Bay on West Falkland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Falkland_Sound (156 words)

	The Falkland Islands Conflict, 1982: Air Defense Of The Fleet
		The two reportedly reached an understanding that the recovery of the Falklands should be achieved within the two years of Galtieri's term as president, ideally before January 1983, the 150th anniversary of the British seizure.
		Falkland Sound between the two major islands is bordered on the west by a chain of mountains rising to 2,160 feet.
		At one point prior to the arrival of the British in the Falklands area, the C-130s delivered a total of 140 tons of cargo in a single day.4 The aircraft were also used in a surveilance and tracking mode.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/report/1984/HJA.htm (20095 words)

	indielondon.co.uk - theatre - Falkland Sound, Finborough Theatre, review
		WITHOUT being omniscient, it was obvious at the start of the Falklands War of 1982 that there was less to it than met the eye, to paraphrase Dorothy Parker.
		He joined the RN after school and was sent to the Falklands during that mad campaign, and that is where he met his end.
		Falkland Sound, adapted by Louise Page and the original cast, directed by Jennifer Lunn, Lighting by Jerry Sullivan WITH Simon Wright (Hugh) and Edward Jaspers (David).
	www.indielondon.co.uk /theatre/t_falkland_sound_rev.html (424 words)

	Falkland Islands - South Seas Companion Place
		The Falkland Islands are situated in the South Atlantic, approximately 400 kilometers east of the nearest point on the coast of Argentina, and are connected with Patagonia by an elevated submarine plateau.
		The largest is East Falkland, which is about 150 kilometers in length with an average width of 64 kilometers and a square area of 7770 square kilometers.
		East Falkland is near bisected by two deep fiords which leave the north and south of the connected by an isthmus just under 2.5 kilometers.
	southseas.nla.gov.au /biogs/P000067b.htm (631 words)

	Falkland Islands Info Portal - History Articles
		We knew that the Falklands Islands are in the antipodes and hoped for sunshine in early December.
		The Falkland Islands were discovered by John Davis on 14 August 1592 and became known as Davis Southern Land, although the Argentines assert that the discovery of the Falkland Islands was made by Estaban Comez, one of Magellan’s captains.
		Argentina’s claim to the Falkland Islands is threefold: the first is geographical; the second is based on the Papal Decree giving new lands in the Americas to Spain; the third is that she considers herself a successor to Spain as the territorial authority of the 18
	www.falklands.info /background/visitorsguide.html (5735 words)

	Falkland Islands Information Portal - The Discovery of the Falkland Islands
		Early colonists hunted the warrah to extinction (the last was killed at Shallow Bay in 1876) because of its predations on sheep and lambs.
		The name 'Falkland's Land' was given to the whole archipelago in 1708 by Captain Woode Rogers, an English privateer who was later made Governor of Jamaica.
		In 1740 Lord Anson visited the Falkland Islands and recommended to the British Government that they be used as a base for further exploration of the Pacific Ocean.
	www.falklands.info /history/history1.html (345 words)

	History of Falkland Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Falkland Islands were first seen by Davis in the year 1592 and Sir Richard Hawkins sailed along their north shore in 1594.
		Lafone's interest in Lafonia, as the peninsula came to be called, was purchased for 30,000 by the Falkland Islands Company, which had been incorporated by charter in the same year.
		The economy was formerly based on agriculture, mainly sheep farming, but today fishing contributes the bulk of economic activity.
	www.historyofnations.net /southamerica/falklandislands.html (641 words)

	Harpoon HQ - Harpoon Classic, Harpoon II, Harpoon 3, Harpoon 4
		HMS Brilliant and her Lynx sails to the north of the Falklands and pass through the Falkland Sound in an attempt to intercept enemy supply ships.
		The amphibious group is scheduled to arrive 5nm north of the Falklands Sound at midnight.
		HMS Avenger in the Berkley Sound and the 79 Bty shell Argentine troops near Mt Longdon.
	www.harpoonhq.com /harpoon3/scenarios/plot-falklands.html (8989 words)

	MercoPress - Falklands-Malvinas & South Atlantic News
		The vast majority of sheep in the Falklands are of Corriedale ancestry, however over the last 10 to 12 years there has been a dramatic shift to the finer Polwarth types.
		Economic survival has driven this breed shift, and it is fair to state that the change has been made reluctantly by some farmers who have watched their hardy Corriedale sheep perform solidly year after year through many difficult winters as well as the good years.
		The Falkland Islands is obviously not a “major player” in the worldwide wool industry.
	www.falkland-malvinas.com /Detalle.asp?NUM=5207 (1697 words)

	Falkland Islands - A history of the 1982 conflict
		Falkland Islands - A history of the 1982 conflict
		This timeline traces the history of the Falkland Islands from their discovery to the events leading up to the conflict in 1982.
		1690- Captain John Strong enters the sound between the islands and names it Falkland Sound, and lands on the islands.
	www.raf.mod.uk /falklands/linepre1982.html (464 words)

	Expedition - Falklands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Falkland Islands are a group of hilly islands in the Southern Atlantic, some hundred seamiles from Cape Horn and aproximately 1000 seamiles from Antarctica.
		East and West Falkland, the main islands, are seperated by the Falkland Sound.
		Many places remind us of the Falkland war in 1982, be it monuments or fenced off terrain with land mines.
	www.sarahvorwerk.com /expedition_falklands.htm (371 words)

	Southern Giant Petrel Census For The Falkland Islands
		The world population of around 31,000 must now be re-evaluated and the significance of the Falkland Islands, holding a possible 45% of global numbers, be re-assessed and its importance as a stronghold for this species recognised.
		This shows two main concentrations: one on the west of West Falkland with 26% of the population, and the second, and most important, to the south of Falkland Sound with 72% of the population.
		A framework for future monitoring of the Southern Giant Petrel in the Falklands will be developed, including how best to monitor trends in the size of the Islands’ population, describing any significant lack of knowledge about its ecology, threats it may be facing, and how best to remedy them.
	www.falklandsconservation.com /petrelcensus.html (498 words)

	Falkland Islands
		The Falkland Islands have been a British colony throughout the 20th century.
		From 1908 to 1962, Falkland Islands Dependencies consisted of South Georgia, the South Orkney Islands, the South Shetland Islands, the Antarctic Peninsula, and the Palmer Archipelago.
		Falkland Islands includes the main islands of East Falkland and West Falkland, and a number of nearby smaller islands, of which the farthest out are Beauchêne Island and the Jason Islands.
	www.statoids.com /ufk.html (291 words)

	Falkland Islands
		On April 2, 1982 Argentinean troops landed on the Falkland Islands.
		Though the subject of the stamp is International Communications rather than the border dispute, an implicit territorial claim is being made by issuing a map stamp.
		In 1981 the Falkland Islands issued a set of six stamps showing maps of the Falkland Islands from 18th century.
	sio.midco.net /dansmapstamps/falklands.htm (670 words)

	Harbour Info
		FIPASS (Falkland Interim Port and Storage System): Situated to the east of the Narrows on the south shore of Stanley Harbour.
		It is owned by Falkland Islands Government and managed by the Falkland Islands Company Ltd. This facility consists of seven permanently moored barges providing 300 metres of berthing face.
		Bunkers are available from licensed tankers in Berkeley Sound or on the centre and east berths at FIPASS.
	www.fis.com /falklandfish/fifdharb.htm (491 words)

	FOREWORD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The total catch for 2005 taken in the Falkland Islands Conservation Zones was the third lowest catch ever recorded since the start of the regulated fishery in 1987.
		In 2004, the Falkland Current had weakened, whereas in 2005 the Falkland Current had intensified and created many eddies and gradient zones near the shelf at 45-46°S especially in the second half of the month.
		FACT (Falklands Albatross Curtain for Trawlers) was developed in 2001 and was tested on a number of vessels in 2001 and 2002.
	www.fis.com /falklandfish/fifdrese.htm (5898 words)

	Shuttle images of FALKLAND ISLANDS
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	rove.to /falkland-islands (257 words)

	Falkland Islands - Leg F: Sailing Expeditions to Antarctica, Cape Horn, South Georgia, Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego, ...
		Falkland Islands - Leg F: Sailing Expeditions to Antarctica, Cape Horn, South Georgia, Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego, Falkland Islands with the 53 ft steel sailingyacht Sarah W. Vorwerk
		Sail along the southern coast of East Falkland - Goose Green: biggest farm of the Falklands - sheep sheering.
		We stay for the day and visit the wool mill, their production of genuin Falkland jumpers - basic school with 4 childeren and one teacher - farm with 40-60.000 sheep - lodge for 20 tourists/year.
	www.victory-cruises.com /falkland.html (867 words)

	Ahoy - Mac's Web Log-The Falkland Islands War, 1982.-
		The population is less than 2,000 with half that number residing in the capital Stanley on the east coast of East Falkland, the people are mostly of British extraction engaged in farming some 600,000 sheep.
		Their invasion of the Falklands had proved to be a disaster.
		The troops were home again, except for the many who had died, most of whom lie buried in those distant islands thousands of miles from home, and their relatives.
	www.ahoy.tk-jk.net /macslog/FalklandIslandsWar1982.html (1213 words)

	Falkland Islands Genealogy Project
		The Falkland Islands are a British dependent territory.
		The Falkland Islands are also claimed by Argentina, please also visit the Argentina website.
		The purpose of this list is for the exchange of Genealogy and Historical information related to the Falkland Islands.
	britishislesgenweb.org /~falklandislands (1189 words)

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