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	FALKLAND ISLANDS - LoveToKnow Article on FALKLAND ISLANDS
		West Falkland is more hilly near the east island; the principal mountain range, the Hornby Hills, runs north and south parallel with Falkland Sound.
		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.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /F/FA/FALKLAND_ISLANDS.htm (2434 words)

	Falkland Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		Much of the land is part of the two main islands separated by the Falkland Sound: East Falkland, home to the capital of Stanley and the majority of the population, and West Falkland.
		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 (2057 words)

	MSN Encarta - Falkland Islands
		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 (886 words)

	West Falkland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		West Falkland, known as Gran Malvina in Spanish, is the second largest of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, with an area of approximately 4,532 km² (5,413 km² including the adjacent small islands).
		It is a hilly island, separated from East Falkland by the Falkland Sound.
		West Falkland saw little action during the Falklands War in 1982.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/West_Falkland (317 words)

	Falkland Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic consisting of two main islands, East Falkland and West Falkland, and a number of smaller islands.
		The Dutch sailor is usually credited with first sighting the Falklands in 1600, though both the British and Spanish maintain their own explorers discovered the islands earlier.
		The most convincing is the Falkland Island fox, or Warrah, possibly descended from South American culpeo used as hunting dogs by Yaghan people of Tierra del Fuego.
	www.hartselle.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Falkland_Islands (1012 words)

	Falkland Islands - the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic consisting of two main islands, East Falkland and West Falkland, and a numberof smaller islands.
		Argentina invaded the islands in 1982, leading to the Falklands War in which they were retaken by the UK.
		The most convincing is the Falkland Island fox, orWarrah, possibly descended from South American culpeo used as hunting dogs by Yaghan people of Tierra delFuego.
	www.encyclopedia-of-knowledge.com /?t=Fk (849 words)

	The Falklands - Falkland Islands birds, seals, sealions, dolphins, whales, flora & geology.
		Falklands wildlife, flora and geology - Falkland Islands birds, seals, sealions, whales, dolphins, flora and geology.
		The Falkland Islands lie in the South West Atlantic approximately 450 kilometres north-east of Tierra del Fuego, between latitudes 51 and 53 degrees south, and longitudes 57 and 62 degrees west.
		These upland areas, along with most of West Falkland, are largely underlain by Palaeozoic rocks which tend to form rugged landscapes and coastlines, whilst the lowland areas of East Falkland, predominantly Lafonia and surrounding islands, are underlain by younger Mesozoic rocks which give a flatter landscape.
	www.seabirds.org /data.htm (3469 words)

	The Falklands War (1982) / La Guerra de Las Malvinas (1982)
		The Falkland Islands 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.
		The Falklands' capital of Port Stanley is surrounded.
	www.yendor.com /vanished/falklands-war.html (3069 words)

	StampTraders.com -- Falkland Islands
		The main islands are East Falkland, which is 90 miles (145 kilometers) by 55 miles (89 kilometers), and West Falkland, which is 80 miles (129 kilometers) by 45 miles (72 kilometers).
		In 1765, the British had taken possession of West Falkland and, in the next year, established a colony on Saunders Island to the north of West Falkland.
		The Falkland Island coat of arms in a white disk centered on the outer half of the flag.
	stamptraders.com /falkland/factsheet.html (985 words)

	FALKLAND ISLANDS FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		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.
		On April_30 1982, Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands and other British territories in the South Atlantic (South_Georgia and the South_Sandwich_Islands), encouraged in part by the United Kingdom's reduction in military capacity in the South Atlantic, and as a diversion from poor economic performance at home.
		Falkland Islanders were granted full British citizenship from 1_January 1983 under the British_Nationality_(Falkland_Islands)_Act_1983.
	www.19gmarketinggroup.com /Falkland_Islands (1829 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.
		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.
		West Falkland is hillier, with a mountain range called the Hornsby Hills running parallel with the Falkland Sound.
	southseas.nla.gov.au /biogs/P000067b.htm (631 words)

	The Falkland Islands War
		The Falklands War - Memories and images of the Falklands War from an engineer who served aboard the SS Canberra.
		Consequently the Falklands, a distant and relatively unimportant group of islands were not in their focus despite their gaining independence from Spain.
		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.ability.org.uk /falklands-war.html (2165 words)

	Encyclopedia: West Falkland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Falkland Sound is a sea strait in the Falkland Islands.
		Port Howard is the largest settlement on West Falkland and is the centre of a 200,000 acre (800 km²) sheep farm.
		The Falklands War or the Malvinas War (Spanish: Guerra de las Malvinas), was an armed conflict between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands (also known in Spanish as the Islas Malvinas) and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, between March and June of 1982.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/West-Falkland (618 words)

	Foreign & Commonwealth Office Country Profiles
		The Falkland Islands are an archipelago of around 700 islands in the South Atlantic, the largest being East Falkland and West Falkland.
		Supreme authority is vested in HM The Queen and exercised by a Governor on her behalf, with the advice and assistance of the Executive and Legislative Councils, and in accordance with the Falkland Islands Constitution.
		The Falkland Islands now have their own postcode FIQQ 1ZZ that was issued to help cut down on the number of redirected letters and parcels, mainly from the UK, that were being delayed en-route.
	www.fco.gov.uk /servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029394365&a=KCountryProfile&aid=1018965238550 (4265 words)

	Search Tuna Report for Falkland Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Falkland Islands The islands passed between the French, Spanish, and British until 1820, when the Argentine government proclaimed its sovereignty....
		The Falklands Conflict These pages are not only a resource of information contributed to by people from all round the world, some of whom were actually involved but also a tribute to those who served in the forces of both sides during the conflict....
		Falkland Islands Unfortunately, of course, there are still many reminders of the conflict, for example the large fenced off minefields outside of Stanley....
	searchtuna.com /ftlive/1270.html (3062 words)

	Touring notes: Falkland Islands/Islas Malvinas
		The islands are about the size of Wales, split into East Falkland which is the main inhabited island, West Falkland which is marginally larger, and many small islands.
		There are about 200 miles of roads on East Falkland and perhaps 80 miles on West Falkland, but it is continuously being extended.
		The roadstone in the Falklands is among the hardest in the world and will wear your tyres rapidly.
	www.geocities.com /TheTropics/Island/6810/ivan/falklands.html (1460 words)

	Falkland Islands - Wikitravel
		The Falkland Islands are geographically a group of about 200 sub-antarctic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean that lie off the east coast of southern South America but are a United Kingdom Overseas Territory.
		The Falklands are a UK Overseas Territory and are an associated territory of the European Union.
		The Falklands is a victim of the Antarctic ozone hole, so it is important to wear sunscreen on sunny days during the early summer.
	wikitravel.org /en/Falkland_Islands (2509 words)

	Falkland Islands War of 1982
		The Falklands Islands War of 1982 was an undeclared war where Argentina suffered heavy military losses and the military junta was discredited.
		The Falkland Islands are a group of islands 300 miles east of Argentina.
		The Falkland Islands include the British territories of South Georgia, the South Sandwich Islands, and the Shag and Clerke rocks.
	mtmt.essortment.com /falklandsisland_oak.htm (1077 words)

	Falkland Islands on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		There are two large islands (East Falkland and West Falkland) and some 200 small ones.
		The Falklands are rather bleak, rocky moorlands, swept by wind and drenched by chill rain.
		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 (573 words)

	Falkland Islands cruise the Falklands Odyssey aboard the Professor Multanoskiy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Scattered over a distance of some 160 miles from west to east and 85 miles from north to south, in the remote South Atlantic, they are best explored by ship.
		New Island is the most westerly inhabited point of the Falkland Islands and is home to some of the finest scenery and one of the largest concentrations of wildlife in the archipelago.
		The highlights on West Point Island are superb colonies of Black-browed Albatrosses side-by-side with rookeries of feisty Rockhopper Penguins.
	www.escortedantarcticatours.com /nine_eleven/falklandsodyssey.html (1407 words)

	e-Prints Soton - The structural boundary between East and West Falkland: new evidence for movement history and lateral ...
		The contrasting geology of East Falkland with its Lafonian Basin and E–W D1 fold-belt, and West Falkland, with Precambrian basement exposure and NE–SW D2 fold structures, has led previous researchers to infer a steep basement fault beneath the eastern margin of West Falkland.
		Recent research on the Falkland Islands has revealed further contrasts between East and West Falkland in: (a) the sedimentary, kerogen facies and thermal maturity of the West Falkland and Lower Lafonia groups and; (b) the structural relief of 6–8 km across the Hornby Anticline between West and East Falkland.
		Interval velocity and Bouguer Gravity data from a seismic line to the SW of the Falkland Islands reveal a similar basement structure to that interpreted under West Falkland and indicate that the fault continues offshore as a series of fault segments for at least 60 km along strike to the SW.
	eprints.soton.ac.uk /1406 (266 words)

	New Zealand's source for travel news on Stuff.co.nz: Sheep, two-day parties enliven remote Falkland isles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		But this is indeed the Port Howard airport, gateway to West Falkland, an island with hundreds of thousands of sheep and 150 humans, where general stores open for a few hours a week and people make their own spare parts.
		That is where the government comes in, with plans to ensure the viability not only of West Falkland but also dozens of islands, some of which have just one resident famous for their multi-tasking talents.
		The West produces some of the finest wool in the world and the annual sheepshearing is taken very seriously.
	feeds.latinamericanews.net /?rid=3b1cbaae41f1ff1c&... (956 words)

	DCP: 52 degrees south, 60 degrees west
		At that time in 2002, it was easy to see that S 52 and W 59 did intersect on the low plains of Lafonia on East Falkland, but the Project deemed that intersection to be a secondary confluence.
		No amount of Falklands fascination would draw this landlubber into the ocean, even though shore be in spitting distance.
		Just west of the tightest narrowing was a broad region of accumulated sand deposits that was sufficiently firm, shallow and short to cross without getting too wet or worrying overmuch about immersing our electronics.
	www.confluence.org /confluence.php?lat=-52&lon=-60 (1861 words)

	Falkland Islands -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The capital and only town is Stanley, on East Falkland, but there are several small, scattered settlements.
		The total area of West Falkland is 1,750 square miles (4,532 square km), excluding...
		Known as the Islas Malvinas in Argentina and the Falkland Islands in Britain, the land had been the subject of debate between the two countries ever since Britain reclaimed the islands as a crown colony in 1833.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9033635 (917 words)

	Outer & Double Islands, West Falkland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The only areas where this has been eroded are in the south-east corner where large numbers of sea lion have worn highways into it.
		Nine acres are tussac grass and there is an abundance of native mountain blue grass.
		It is home to a breeding population of Sooty Shearwaters, one of ten confirmed breeding sites in the Falklands.
	www.falklandsconservation.com /wildlife/conservation_issues/islands_appeal/islands.html (245 words)

	Falkland Islands
		The British made their own claim, and in 1770 reestablished their outpost on West Falkland.
		In 1981 the Falkland Islands issued a set of six stamps showing maps of the Falkland Islands from 18th century.
		The English established a colony on the west island in 1765.
	sio.midco.net /dansmapstamps/falklands.htm (670 words)

	West Falkland Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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	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)

	www.falklandwool.net Dunnose Head Farm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Composed of two main islands (East, where the only town and capital Stanley lies, and the wild and beautiful West - yes, we're biased!) also many smaller ones which are almost all uninhabited, the Islands are a British possession and proud of the fact.
		Way out on the western side of West Falkland and far from any road you will find us, Clive and Rosemary Wilkinson, on our farm.
		Whether your interests are farming, alternative energy, dyeing, handspinning, handknitting (or any other of the many woolcrafts), the Falkland Islands as a whole, or just seeing how other folks live, you will find something here to interest you.
	www.falklandwool.com (266 words)

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