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	Stanley, Falkland Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is located on the isle of East Falkland, on a north-facing slope, south of Stanley Harbour, in one of the wettest parts of the islands.
		It is the world's southernmost administrative centre; however, as the Falklands are not a sovereign state, it is not usually categorised as the world's southernmost capital city— that status is generally given to Wellington, New Zealand.
		Stanley is also home to the Falkland Islands Broadcasting Station and greenhouses where some of the islands' vegetables are grown.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stanley,_Falkland_Islands (541 words)

	Falkland Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The islands are a self-governing and English speaking Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom and are referred to by the islanders and in the United Kingdom as "(The) Falkland Islands".
		It is thought this fox was brought to the island by humans, although it may have reached the islands itself via a land bridge during the last ice age.
		The extra-provincial Anglican parish of the Falkland Islands is under the direct jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Falkland_Islands (2443 words)

	InfoHub Forums - View Single Post - Falkland Island photos
		Stanley was founded in 1845 as a supply and repair port for ships on the Cape Horn route, and to replace Port Louis as the seat of government.
		With a population of 1600, Stanley is the capital and largest town in the colony and home to 2/3 of the people in the Falkland Islands.
		Stanley is a town of metal-clad houses with brightly-painted corrugated metal roofs and large kitchen gardens which contrast with the surrounding moorland.
	www.infohub.com /forums/showpost.php?p=8249&postcount=1 (526 words)

	Falkland Islands
		Vernet's occupation of the Falkland Islands in 1830
		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.onlinelearning.net /instructors/smurr/LatAm/sam/fkldisl.html (4768 words)

	Falklands Network: Falkland Islands wildlife
		Magdalena Island in Chile is the nearest colony of Magellanic penguin burrows to the Falklands.
		By comparison, Magellanic penguins in the Falklands spend over 30 hours collecting the same amount of food, and are forced to forage much further away from their colony.
		With chicks in the Falklands receiving less than half the amount of food, much of which is of a type that is indigestible to chicks, it is not surprising that most of the Magellanic penguin chicks in the Falklands starve every year.
	www.falklands.net /petition.htm (1692 words)

	Falkland Islands
		The Falkland Islands, located in the Southern Atlantic Ocean about 280 miles east of the southern tip of South America, are home to one of the richest concentrations of wildlife left in the world.
		Visitor accommodations on the outer islands consist of small lodges, hotels, and cottages that are modest by clean and comfortable.
		The Falkland Islands are one of the few unspoiled areas of the world in which wildlife is still at ease with man. Still relatively undeveloped as a tourist destination, the Falklands are one of the most exciting locations for wildlife photography left in the world.
	www.dramaticlightphoto.com /falkland.htm (456 words)

	Falkland Islands - Wikitravel
		The Falkland Islands [1] are a group of about 200 sub-antarctic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, off the east coast of southern South America.
		The Falklands are a UK Overseas Territory and are an associated territory of the European Union.
		Falkland Island Tours and Travel (Tel: 21775, fitt@horizon.co.fk) operates a shuttle bus that meets all flights and can take visitors to and from the capital for £13.00 per person (one-way).
	wikitravel.org /en/Falkland_Islands (2584 words)

	National Review: Stanley - Falkland Islands' attempt to attract tourist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		STANLEY The Falkland Islands, catapulted into view by Britain's war with Argentina four years ago, have launched an attempt to attract tourists to their windswept South Atlantic turf, 18 hours from London by air and eight thousand miles away.
		The Falkland tour operators are appealing to wildlife enthusiasts, adventure vacationers, and those with a taste for recent military history.
		Falkland officials want the business to grow slowly, as there are at present only ninety rooms on the islands to lodge visitors, and moving about among the islands to lodge visitors, and moving about among the islands themselves is complicated.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1282/is_v38/ai_4588744 (337 words)

	Falkland Islands Information Portal - History
		This is the standard history of the Falkland Islands, and it covers their discovery in 1592 through the various attempts at colonisation and disputed possession to the establishment of the British settlement at Stanley in the early 1840s.
		The subsequent development of the Islands is explored through the exploitation of animal resources, the evolution of farming in the Islands, the establishment of churches and schools, and the history of the Islands' renowned postal service.
		Increasing tension throughout the 1950s to the eve of the Argentine invasion in 1982 are carefully narrated, together with the impact on the Islands of the 1977 Shackleton Report.
	www.falklands.info /history/hindex.html (680 words)

	Falkland Islands
		The islands are administered as a British crown colony with the capital at Stanley.
		The Falklands are rather bleak, rocky moorlands, swept by wind and drenched by chill rain.
		Falkland Islands - Status: Overseas territory Governor: Howard Pearce (2002) Chief Executive: A. Gurr Total and...
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0818189.html (369 words)

	Princess Cruises : Ports of Call : Falkland Islands (Stanley) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Stanley, capital of the Falklands, is a tiny British outpost where the absence of traffic lights and abundance of pubs in comparison to its size makes this a unique place.
		Situated near Cape Horn in South America, the harbor at Stanley is one of the world's largest shipping graveyards of the 19th century.
		The Falklands is also a bird-watchers haven, with an amazing diversity of seabirds and mammals that breed in the Falklands — fl-browed albatross, giant petrels, five types of penguin, elephant seals, sea lions, striated caracara, crested caracara, night heron to name a few.
	www.princess.com /ports/PSY_S.html (209 words)

	Stanley, Falkland Islands, Pictures
		Stanley, also Port Stanley, town and capital of the British dependency of the Falkland Islands, located on East Falkland Island.
		It is the principal community and port of the Falkland Islands and is served by an airport opened in 1979.
		The town was held by Argentine troops for about ten weeks in 1982 and suffered damage before being retaken by a British task force during the Battle of the Falkland Islands.
	www.greatestcities.com /South_America/Falkland_Islands/Stanley_Port_Stanley_town_state_capital.html (157 words)

	Stanley - Wikitravel
		Stanley, often incorrectly called Port Stanley, is the capital of the Falkland Islands.
		Stanley is a small town, so walking is probably the best option for seeing the sites.
		Falkland Islands stamps and first-day covers are known throughout the world and can be purchased directly from the Philatelic Bureau.
	wikitravel.org /en/Stanley (714 words)

	Falkland Islands on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		From 1908 to 1985 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands were dependencies of the colony.
		The British have long claimed the islands, based on probable discovery by the navigator John Davis in 1592; but they have been claimed and occupied at various times by Spain, France, and Argentina.
		Near the Falklands, in one of the most stirring naval engagements of World War I, the British under Sir Frederick Sturdee destroyed (Dec. 8, 1914) a German squadron under Graf von Spee.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/f/falklandi1.asp (858 words)

	Stanley Falkland Islands - one week in Islas Malvinas/Falkland Islands
		In 1690 the English captain John Strong named Falkland to the channel between the two main islands because of the Scottish county from where a friend of him was vice-earl.
		In 1770 Spain bought the island to the French and expelled in 1774 the English basing this act in the Treaty of Tordesillas from 1494.
		The surface of the islands is about 12.000 square kilometres but the nature is poor owing to the cold and strong wind which prevents the existence of the trees.
	www.globosapiens.net /travel-information/Stanley-1750.html (961 words)

	Falkland Islands, Map and Flag
		The colony was turned over to Spain two years later and the islands have since been the subject of a territorial dispute, first between Britain and Spain, then between Britain and Argentina.
		The UK asserted its claim to the islands by establishing a naval garrison there in 1833.
		Falkland pounds per US dollar - 0.67 (2002), 0.69 (2001), 0.66 (2000), 0.62 (1999), 0.6 (1998); note - the Falkland pound is at par with the British pound
	www.greatestcities.com /South_America/Falkland_Islands.html (1004 words)

	The Falkland Islands (The Malvina Islands): GoNOMAD DESTINATION MINI GUIDE
		Lesser known is the Battle of the Falklands: the islands were the site of the defeat of the German Navy by the British during World War I. A memorial on the west end of Ross Road, Stanley’s main street, commemorates this event as well.
		Stanley has every shop your usual small city has: hairdressers, doctors, lawyers (barristers), school, supermarket, bakery, haberdashery, hardware, etc. The products are British and the prices aren’t terribly dear (as the locals would say); the Falklands are, after all, part of the British Empire.
		The Falklands are still part of the British Empire, so unless you need a visa for the UK, you don’t need one for the Falklands.
	www.gonomad.com /destinations/0101/joyce_falklandsminiguide.html (1677 words)

	South Atlantic RC Church
		Though the 2001 census recorded a resident population in the Falklands of 2,379, nearly 96.96% of the population are British Citizens.
		The Falkland Islands have internal Self-Government, with the only defence and foreign affairs being handled by Her Majesty’s Government in the UK.
		Economically, the Falkland Islands are self-sufficient, except for defence expenditure, which is less than one half of one percent of Britain’s overall defence budget.
	www.southatlanticrcchurch.com /public/saintmarys/factfilemap.cfm (582 words)

	The Mad-Sheep Falkland Islands Site - Information Page
		Hopefully, you have all ready found out that the Falkland Islands are just like anywhere else and that there are shops, hotels and all the other amenities that you would expect to find, if you have read the other pages on this site.
		And these have forced changes: the Stanley Folk Club used to meet every other week, there used to be regular cinema shows in the Town Hall and the sense of community has polarized to such an extent that it unusual to see as many people out on Friday night as one used to.
		To summarize: The Falkland Islands are worth the visit, the people are friendly, there is plenty to do and plenty of places to visit.
	www.users.zetnet.co.uk /mad-sheep/falklands/info.htm (631 words)

	The Business of Law in the Falkland Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The firm established an office in Stanley, Falkland Islands in August 1988 becoming the first ever private practice of solicitors in the Islands.
		The firm’s office in Stanley is permanently staffed by a resident UK qualified solicitor with support provided as required from Ledingham Chalmers’ UK offices.
		Economy - since 1982 the economy of the Islands has expanded rapidly and the Islands are now economically independent of the UK in all respects other than defence.
	www.ledinghamchalmers.com /locations/business/FalklandsBus.htm (386 words)

	MercoPress - Falklands-Malvinas & South Atlantic News
		Falkland Islands councillors have attended the Conference when it has been held in Britain, but do not attend those held in Argentina.
		Iraq, Cancun, the environment (fisheries and the Antarctic) the British and Argentine relationship and the Falkland Islands.
		Penguin News is printed at the Government Printing Office, Stanley and published for and on behalf of the Media trust (Penguin News), Stanley Falkland Islands from offices on Ross Road, Stanley, Falkland Islands.
	www.mercopress.com /Visor.asp?Ver=penguin&Idioma=Ingles (887 words)

	Stanley, Falkland Islands
		East coast of East Falkland Island, northern portion of the island.
		Stanley is the capital of the Falkland Islands and the major population center, with approximately 2,000 people.
		The city is built on a north facing slope to maximize exposure to the sun.
	www.planetware.com /falkland-islands/stanley-flk-fl-s.htm (86 words)

	Falkland Islands Government
		Educational trust for the benefit of the people of the Falkland Islands.
		To increase knowledge of the Islands in the UK by promoting academic and charitable exchanges.
		Conservation of wildlife and historic wrecks in the Falklands.
	www.falklands.gov.fk /9b.htm (48 words)

	Falkland Islands - Stanley
		The atmosphere of Stanley is decidedly friendly and rural - a lack of city hustle and bustle, no traffic lights, little traffic, small streets, greetings from passers-by.
		The harbor at Stanley is the greatest graveyard of 19th century shipping in the world.
		It's the kind of museum that is not a museum, but a record of and testimony to life and history of the Falklands, built by/of/from the donations of Falklanders.
	www.ladatco.com /fk-sty.htm (579 words)

	Port Stanley, Falkland Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Since 1842, Port Stanley has been the capital of the Falkland Islands, a British territory.
		The Port Stanley area is known for its abundant wildlife.
		The Islands are home to abundant Sub-Antarctic wildlife including fl browed albatross, colonies of elephant seals and sea lions, and an opportunity to spot dolphins and whales off shore.
	home.att.net /~so.amer.04/20040209 (157 words)

	RESULTS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Falkland Dependencies 2 1/2d KGVI Silver Wedding 1950 South Shetlands, Falkland Islands Dependency to Port Stanley.
		Falkland Dependencies 6d QEII Discovery 1958 South Georgia, Falkland Islands Dependency Air Letter to London, England.
		Falkland Dependencies 3d QEII Discovery II 1959 Argentine Islands, Grahamland to Port Stanley with green Grahamland UK Antarctic Base F cachet.
	www.postalhistory.com /results.asp?group=20&cs=fz (384 words)

	Karen Thorndike's Leg 4 Reports: Tahiti to The Falkland Islands
		The last dolphins I saw were in the South Pacific but I understand there are dolphins in the Falkland Islands that the folks call "puffing pig" due to the noise they make when coming to the surface.
		I expected the wildlife to be the most amazing part of my visit to The Falkland Islands, and that is not to be diminished...but it is the people here with their kindness and generosity, which exists nowhere I have ever been.
		Stanley has been the capital of the Falkland Islands since 1845 when the government was moved here from Port Louis.
	www.goals.com /amelia/reports/leg4.htm (12108 words)

	Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This medal was awarded, by Britain, to servicemen and civilians who fought in the Falklands war of 1982.
		The Falklands branch was formed specifically to support veterans who want to return to the Falkland Islands to lay the ghosts of war that they have carried since 1982.
		If you live in the Falkland Islands there are several ways that you can make donations; the “Holiday Credits Scheme”, attending fund raising events, or just by donating cash at the SCB bank or in person to one of the committee members.
	www.sama.horizon.co.fk (353 words)

	Falklands Conservation
		Falklands Conservation monitors and protects the exceptional wildlife heritage of the Falkland Islands.
		The Islands are one of the last great wilderness sites on Earth and form a unique bridge between the Antarctic and South American continent.
		We have offices in Stanley, Falkland Islands and London, England.
	www.falklandsconservation.com /index2.html (59 words)

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