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Falkland Islands
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Desire the right"
Anthem: God Save the Queen  (official) Song of the Falklands
Location of the Falkland Islands.
Capitaland largest city	Stanley
Official languages	English
Demonym(s)	Falkland Islander
Government	British Overseas Territory
• Monarch	Elizabeth II
• Governor	Nigel Haywood
• Chief Executive	Keith Padgett
• Responsible Minister (UK)	Hugo Swire MP
Legislature	Legislative Assembly
Establishment
• British rule re-established	1833
• Crown Colony	1841
• British Dependent Territory	1981
• British Overseas Territory	2002
• Current constitution	2009
Area
• Total	12,173 km (4,700 sq mi) (162nd)
• Water (%)	0
Population
• 2012 estimate	2,932 (220th)
• Density	0.26/km (0.7/sq mi) (241st)
GDP (PPP)	2007 estimate
• Total	$164.5 million (222nd)
• Per capita	$55,400 (9th)
Gini (2010)	34.17 medium inequality (64th)
HDI (2010)	0.874 very high (20th)
Currency	Falkland Islands pound (FKP)
Time zone	UTC−3 (FKST)
Drives on	Left
Calling code	500
ISO 3166 code	FK
Internet TLD	.fk
Song of the Falklands is used as the islands' anthem at sporting events. Parliamentary democratic dependency under constitutional monarchy. Interrupted by Argentine military government in 1982. Fixed to the Pound sterling (GBP). The Falklands has been on FKST year-round since September 2010.

The Falkland Islands (/ˈfɔːlklənd/; Template:Lang-es) are an archipelago located in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about 310 miles (500 kilometres) east of the Patagonian coast at a latitude of about 52°S. The archipelago which has an area of 4,700 square miles (12,173 square kilometres) comprises East Falkland, West Falkland and 776 smaller islands. As a British Overseas Territory, the islands enjoy a large degree of internal self-governance with the United Kingdom guaranteeing good government and taking responsibility for their defence and foreign affairs. The islands' capital is Stanley on East Falkland.

Controversy exists over the Falklands' original discovery and subsequent colonisation by Europeans. At various times, the islands have had French, British, Spanish, and Argentine settlements. Britain re-established its rule in 1833, though the islands continue to be claimed by Argentina. In 1982, following Argentina's invasion of the islands, the two-month-long undeclared Falklands War between both countries resulted in the surrender of all Argentine forces and the return of the islands to British administration.

The population, estimated at 2,932 in 2012, primarily consists of native Falkland Islanders, the majority of British descent. Other ethnicities include French, Gibraltarian, and Scandinavian. Immigration from the United Kingdom, Saint Helena, and Chile has reversed a former population decline. The predominant and official language is English. Under the British Nationality Act of 1983, Falkland Islanders are legally British citizens.

The islands lie on the boundary of the subarctic and temperate maritime climate zones with both major islands having mountain ranges reaching to 2,300 feet (700 m). The islands are home to large bird populations, although many no longer breed on the main islands due to the effects of introduced species. Major economic activities include fishing, tourism, and sheep farming with an emphasis on high-quality wool exports. Oil exploration, licensed by the Falkland Islands Government, remains controversial as a result of maritime disputes with Argentina.

Etymology

The Falkland Islands are named after the Falkland Sound, a strait that separates the archipelago's two main islands. The name "Falkland" was applied to the channel by John Strong, the captain of an English expedition that landed on the islands in 1690. Strong named the strait in honor of Anthony Cary, 5th Viscount of Falkland, the Treasurer of the Navy who had sponsored the long journey. The Viscount's title in turn comes from the town of Falkland, Scotland, whose name comes from the term "folkland" (meaning land held by folkright). Nevertheless, the name would not be applied to the islands until 1765, when British captain John Byron claimed them for King George III as "Falkland's Islands".

The Spanish name for the archipelago, Islas Malvinas, comes from the French Îles Malouines, the name given to the islands by French explorer Louis-Antoine de Bougainville in 1764. Bougainville, who founded the islands' first settlement, named the area after the port of Saint-Malo, the point of departure for his ships and colonists. The port, located in the Brittany region of western France, was in turn named after St. Malo (or Maclou), the Christian evangelist who founded the city.

The United Nations uses both the Spanish and English names "when referring to the islands"; its official designation for the territory is "Falkland Islands (Malvinas)".

History

Before the Falklands War

Even though Fuegians from Patagonia possibly visited the Falkland Islands in prehistoric times, the islands were uninhabited at the time of European discovery. The archipelago's finding is filled with controversial claims dating back to the 16th century. Although the islands may have been sighted and named by English explorers in two independent occasions in 1592 and 1594, and likely discovered and named "Sebald Islands" (or "Sebaldines") by Dutch seafarer Sebald de Weert in 1600, no consensus exists in academia "if any of them actually located the Falklands or other south Atlantic islands". Regardless, the first landing on the Falklands is attributed to English captain John Strong, who, while on a voyage "to the coast of Chile and Peru", discovered the Falkland Sound and "noted the water and game on the islands" in 1690.

For subsequent decades, the Falklands remained uninhabited until two separate settlements, one established on East Falkland in 1764 by French captain Louis Antoine de Bougainville and the other founded on West Falkland in 1765 by British captain John Byron, were set up unaware of one another. After France "relinquished its rights to Spain" in 1766, the Spanish settled the islands in 1767. Problems began when Spain discovered the British settlement at Port Egmont; an imminent war, caused by Spain's capture of the port in 1770, was avoided by a peace treaty that returned the settlement to Britain. Yet, the Falklands were again abandoned when the British evacuated them in 1774 and the Spanish followed suit in 1811, except for "a few gauchos and fishermen" who remained "to look after themselves".

The status of the archipelago went unchecked until 1820, when American colonel David Jewett, a privateer working for the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, informed "the more than 50 ships at anchor" about Buenos Aires' 1816 claim of possession "over Spain's rights to the islands in the South Atlantic". However, due to Jewett's inability "to establish his authority over this hard-living crowd", coupled with little emigration from Buenos Aires to the islands, the Falklands remained ungoverned until Luis Vernet re-established the old Spanish settlement under its former French name (Port Louis) in the latter part of the decade. A dispute over fishing and hunting rights resulted in a raid by the US warship USS Lexington in 1831. Lexington's Captain declared the islands "free from all government", and the seven senior members of the settlement were arrested for piracy and taken to Montevideo, where they were released without charge on the orders of Commodore Rogers.

In November 1832, Argentina sent Commander Mestivier as an interim commander to found a penal settlement, but he was killed in a mutiny after four days. The following January, British forces returned and requested the Argentine garrison leave. Don Pinedo, captain of the ARA Sarandi and senior officer present, protested but ultimately complied. Vernet's settlement continued, with the Irishman William Dickson tasked with raising the British flag for passing ships. Vernet's deputy, Matthew Brisbane, returned and was encouraged by the British to continue the enterprise. The settlement continued until August 1833, when the leaders were killed in the so-called Gaucho murders. Subsequently, from 1834 the islands were governed as a British naval station until 1840 when the British Government decided to establish a permanent colony.

A new harbour was built in Stanley, and the islands became a strategic point for navigation around Cape Horn. A World War I naval battle, the Battle of the Falkland Islands, took place in December 1914, with a British victory over the smaller Imperial German Asiatic Fleet. During World War II, Stanley served as a Royal Navy station and serviced ships which took part in the 1939 Battle of the River Plate.

Sovereignty over the islands again became an issue in the second half of the 20th century, when Argentina saw the creation of the United Nations as an opportunity to pursue its claim. Talks between British and Argentine foreign missions took place in the 1960s, but failed to come to any meaningful conclusion. A major sticking point in all the negotiations was that the inhabitants preferred that the islands remain British territory.

A result of these talks was the establishment of the islands' first air link. In 1971, the Argentine state airline LADE began a service between Comodoro Rivadavia and Stanley. A temporary strip was followed by the construction of a permanent airfield and flights between Stanley and Comodoro Rivadavia continued until 1982. Further agreements gave YPF, the Argentine national oil and gas company, a monopoly over the supply of the islands' energy needs. The Times in its obituary of Rex Hunt states that it was generally accepted by the Foreign Office that when Hunt was appointed governor part of his brief was "to soften up the island's 1800 inhabitants to the idea that British sovereignty could not be taken as given in perpetuity". In his first dispatch back to the Foreign Office he wrote "There is no way we will convince these islanders that they will be better off as part of Argentina".

Falklands War and its aftermath

On 2 April 1982, Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands and other British territories in the South Atlantic. By exploiting the long-standing feelings of Argentines towards the islands, the nation's ruling military junta sought to divert public attention from Argentina's poor economic performance and growing internal opposition. The United Kingdom's reduction of military capacity in the South Atlantic is considered to have encouraged the invasion.

On 3 April 1982, the United Nations Security Council issued Resolution 502, calling on Argentina to withdraw forces from the islands and for both parties to seek a diplomatic solution. International reaction ranged from support for Argentina in most of Latin America, to opposition in the Commonwealth and most of Western Europe. Chile was the only Latin American country that provided overt support to the British by allowing ports of call and airport logistics. In contrast, Peru was the only Latin American country that provided war material to the Argentinian military, including Mirage aircraft, parts, and Exocet missiles. A divided United States administration, initially publicly neutral, eventually came out in support of the United Kingdom.

The United Kingdom sent an expeditionary force to retake the islands. After short but fierce naval and air battles, the British forces landed at San Carlos Water on 21 May, and a land campaign followed leading to the British taking the high ground surrounding Stanley on 11 June. The Argentine forces surrendered on 14 June 1982. The war resulted in the deaths of 255 British and 649 Argentine soldiers, sailors and airmen, as well as 3 civilian Falklanders.

After the war, the British increased their military presence on the islands, constructing RAF Mount Pleasant and increasing the military garrison. Although the United Kingdom and Argentina resumed diplomatic relations in 1990, no further negotiations on sovereignty have taken place. It is believed that 19,000 Argentine land mines across an area of 13 square kilometres remain from the 1982 war dispersed in a number of minefields around Stanley, Port Howard, Fox Bay and Goose Green. Information is available from the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Operation Centre in Stanley. In 2009, mine clearance began at Surf Bay, and clearances took place at Sapper Hill, Goose Green and Fox Bay. Further clearance work was due to begin in 2011.

Government

The Falkland Islands are a self-governing British Overseas Territory. Under the 2009 Constitution, the islands have greater democratic autonomy, "while retaining sufficient powers for the UK Government to protect UK interests and to ensure the overall good governance of the territory". The Monarch of the United Kingdom is the head of state, but executive authority is exercised on the monarch's behalf by the Governor of the Falkland Islands. The islands' Chief Executive, appointed by the Governor, is the head of government. The islands' current Governor, Nigel Haywood, was appointed on October 2010; the current Chief Executive, Keith Padgett, was appointed on March 2012.

The Governor acts on the advice of the islands' Executive Council, composed by the Chief Executive, the Director of Finance, three elected members of the Legislative Assembly, and the Governor as chairman. The Legislative Assembly, a unicameral legislature, consists of the Chief Executive, the Director of Finance, and eight members (five from Stanley and three from Camp) elected for four-year terms by universal suffrage. All politicians in the Falkland Islands are independents; no political parties exist in the islands.

The islands' judicial system, overseen by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, is largely based on English statutory law. Crime control and prisons are under the responsibility of the Royal Falkland Islands Police (RFIP). Military defense of the islands is provided by the United Kingdom. A British military garrison is stationed in the islands, and the Falkland Islands government funds an additional company-sized light infantry unit of defense.

Sovereignty dispute

The United Kingdom and Argentina claim control over the Falkland Islands and its dependencies. The UK bases its position on continuous administration of the islands since 1833 (apart from 1982) and the islanders having a "right to self determination, including their right to remain British if that is their wish". Argentina posits that it acquired the Falklands from Spain, upon achieving independence in 1816, and that the UK illegally occupied them in 1833.

The present dispute began shortly after the passage, in 1960, of the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1514 on decolonization. Argentina then reasserted its sovereignty claims "before the United Nations special committee for non-self-governing territories". In 1965, the UN General Assembly passed Resolution 2065, which "called upon both Britain and Argentina to peacefully settle the dispute through bilateral negotiations".

Later that decade, intending to improve its relations with South America by transferring the Falkland Islands (with provisions to protect the islanders' way of life), the United Kingdom secretly discussed the subject with Argentina. However, when the news became public, the Falklanders protested against the plans. As a result, the UK increased its focus on the Islanders' self-determination; Argentina disagreed, and negotiations effectively remained at a stalemate. Subsequent talks between the two nations took place until 1981, but they failed to reach a conclusion on sovereignty.

Diplomatic relations between the United Kingdom and Argentina, which were severed at the outbreak of the Falklands War in 1982, were re-established in 1990. In 2007, Argentina reasserted its claim over the Falkland Islands, asking for the UK to resume talks on sovereignty. In 2009, British prime minister Gordon Brown met with Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and declared that there would be no talks over the future sovereignty of the Falkland Islands. As far as the United Kingdom and the Falkland Islands are concerned, no pending issue to resolve exists.

Modern Falkland Islanders continue to reject the Argentine sovereignty claim. In 2010, Falklands correspondent Tom Leonard of The Daily Telegraph, wrote that "The 3,000-strong community is already proudly British . The younger islanders may not share the older generation’s memories but there is clearly no love lost with the Argentines among them." On 10 and 11 March 2013, the Falkland Islands held a referendum over its political status, and voters favoured (99.8%) remaining under British rule.

Contemporary Argentine policy maintains the position that modern Falkland Islanders do not have a right to self-determination. Argentina claims that, in 1833, the UK expelled Argentine authorities and settlers from the Falklands with a threat of "greater force" and that the UK afterwards barred Argentines from resettling the islands. Argentina reiterated its position towards the Falklanders in 2012, after a meeting of the UN Decolonization Committee, when its representatives refused to accept a letter from the Falkland Islands offering the opening of direct talks between both governments. Moreover, in 2013, Argentina dismissed the Falkland Islands' sovereignty referendum. Argentina only recognises the UK government as a legitimate partner in negotiations; and considers the islands, along with South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, as part of the Islas del Atlántico Sur department of Tierra del Fuego province.

Geography

The Falkland Islands have a total land area of 4,700 square miles (12,173 square kilometres) and a coastline estimated at 800 miles (1,288 km). Two main islands, West Falkland and East Falkland, and about 776 smaller islands comprise the archipelago. The Falklands are continental crust fragments that resulted from "the break-up of Gondwana and the opening of the South Atlantic that began 130 million years ago". The islands are located in the South Atlantic Ocean, on the Patagonian Shelf, and 310 miles (500 kilometres) east of Patagonia in southern Argentina.

The Falklands approximately lie at latitude 51°40′ - 53°00′ S and longitude 57°40′ - 62°00′ W. The archipelago's two main islands are separated by the Falkland Sound, and its deep coastal indentations form natural harbors. East Falkland houses Stanley, the capital and largest city, the U.K. military base at RAF Mount Pleasant, and the archipelago's highest point, Mount Usborne, at 2,313 feet (705 m).

Land formations in the Falklands are predominantly mountainous and hilly, with the major exception being the "low-lying" flat plains terrain of Lafonia, a peninsula forming the southern part of East Falkland. Climate in the islands is usually "cold, windy, and humid maritime". Rainfall is common "on more than half of days in year", averaging 610 millimetres (24 in) in Stanley, and light snowfall occurs sporadically "throughout most of the year". Also prevalent on the islands are "strong westerly winds" and cloudy skies.

Biodiversity

Biogeographically, the Falkland Islands are classified as part of the "mild" Antarctic zone. Strong connections exist with the flora and fauna of Patagonia in mainland South America. Land birds make up most of the Falklands' avifauna, followed by seabirds; a total of 63 species breed on the islands, including 16 endemic species. Arthropod diversity in the islands is also abundant. The Falklands' diverse flora has 163 native vascular species. The islands' only endemic mammal, the warrah or Falkland Islands fox, was hunted to extinction by European settlers.

The Falkland Islands are frequented by marine mammals such as the southern elephant seal and the South American fur seal. Offshore islands house the rare striated caracara. Fish endemic to the islands are mostly from the genus Galaxias. The Falklands are "naturally treeless" and with a wind-resistant vegetation that, although varied, is "dominated by dwarf shrubs".

Virtually the entire area of the islands is used as pasture for sheep. Introduced species include reindeers, hares, rabbits, Patagonian foxes, pigs, horses, brown rats, and cats. The detrimental impact several of these species have caused to native flora and fauna has led authorities to contain, remove, or exterminate invasive species such as foxes, rabbits, and rats. Endemic land animals have been the most affected by introduced species. The extent of human impact on the Falklands is currenty unclear due to little long-term data on habitat changes.

Economy

The economy of the Falkland Islands is classified as the 222nd largest in the world by GDP (PPP), and ranks 9th in the globe by GDP (PPP) per capita. Unemployment is currently at a 4.1% rate, and inflation was last calculated at a 1.2% rate in 2003. Based on 2010 data, the islands have a very high Human Development Index of .874, but a medium Gini coefficient for income inequality of 34.17.

Economic development was historically advanced by ship resupplying and sheep farming for high-quality wool. In the 1980s, while synthetic fibers and ranch underinvestment considerably hurt the sheep farming sector, the Falkland Islands government found a major source of profit through the establishment of an exclusive economic zone and the sale of fishing licenses to "anybody wishing to fish within this zone". Since the end of the Falklands War in 1982, the islands' economic activity increasingly focused on oil field exploration and tourism.

Recent years have seen the port city of Stanley regain the islands' economic focus along with an increase in population due to workers migrating from Camp. Fear of dependence on the selling of fishing licenses, and threats from overfishing, illegal fishing, and fish market price fluctuations have increased interest on oil drilling as an alternative source of revenue. Nonetheless, exploration efforts have yet to find "exploitable reserves".

Agriculture, primarily in the form of sheep farming and fishing, accounts for 95% of the Falkland Islands' gross domestic product, followed by industry and services at 5%. Present development projects in education and sports have been funded by the Falklands government without aid from the United Kingdom. The islands' major exports include wool, hides, venison, fish, and squid; its main imports include fuel, building materials, and clothing.

Demographics

The Falkland Islands are a predominantly homogeneous society, with the majority of its inhabitants descending from the Scottish and Welsh immigrants who colonized the territory in 1833. Nevertheless, in recent times, immigration from the United Kingdom, Saint Helena, and Chile has "reversed a former gradual decline in the island population". The legal term for having the right of residence is "belonging to the islands". The passage of the British Nationality Act of 1983 provided Falkland Islanders with British citizenship.

In the 2012 census, a majority of residents described their nationality as Falkland Islander (59%), followed by British (29%), Saint Helenian (9.8%), and Chilean (5.4%). A small number of Argentines also reside in the islands. The 2006 census showed some Falklands residents identified as descendants of French, Gibraltarians, and Scandinavians. Despite that same census indicated that only a third of residents were born on the archipelago, some foreign-born residents "have become assimilated" with the local culture.

The Falkland Islands are the least populated territory in South America. According to the 2012 census, the average daily population of the Falklands was 2,932 (excluding British Ministry of Defence personnel and families based at RAF Mount Pleasant). Stanley, with a population of 2,121, is the most populated location in the archipelago, followed by Mount Pleasant (369 residents, mostly air base contractors), and Camp (351 people).

Age distribution in the islands is skewed towards people of working age (20–60). Males outnumber females (53 to 47%) with the deviation being most prominent in the 20–60 age group. In the 2006 census, most of the islanders identified themselves as being Christians (67.2%), followed by those who refused to answer or had no religious affiliation (31.5%). The remaining 1.3% (39 individuals) identified as adherents of other faiths. The Falklands have three churches: the Church of England, the Roman Catholic Church, and the United Free Church.

Education in the Falkland Islands, which follows the English system, is free and compulsory. Primary education is available at Stanley, RAF Mount Pleasant (for children of service personnel), and at a number of rural settlements. Secondary education is only available in Stanley, which offers boarding facilities and 12 subjects to General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) level. Students aged 16 or older may study at colleges in England for their GCE Advanced Level or vocational qualifications. The Falkland Islands government pays for older students to attend higher education, usually in the United Kingdom.

Culture

Falklands culture is fundamentally "based on the British culture brought with the settlers from the British Isles", though it has been partly influenced by the cultures of Hispanic South America. Some terms and toponyms used by the islands' former Gaucho inhabitants are still commonly used in local speech. The Falklands' predominant language is British English, and part of the population (2.5%) is Spanish-speaking. According to naturalist Will Wagstaff, "the Falkland Islands are a very social place, and stopping for a chat is a way of life".

The islands have two weekly newspapers, Teaberry Express and The Penguin News. Television and radio broadcasts generally feature programming from the United Kingdom. Wagstaff describes local cuisine as "very British in character with much use made of the homegrown vegetables, local lamb, mutton, beef, and fish". Common between meals are "home made cakes and biscuits with tea or coffee". Moreover, social activities in the Falklands are, in the words of Wagstaff, "typical of that of a small British town with a variety of clubs and organisations covering many aspects of community life".

See also

• Outline of the Falkland Islands
• Index of Falkland Islands-related articles

• Latin America
• United Kingdom
• Argentina
• Geography

Notes

1. British toponymist Adrian Room claims that "he islands' original name was Davis Land, for their discoverer in 1592." He further adds that, in 1594, Sir Richard Hawkins named them Hawkins Maidenland "in honor of Elizabeth I, the Virgin ('Maiden') Queen."
2. Historian Bernadette Hince asserts that "he first definite sighting of the islands was in about 1600, by the Dutch navigator Sebald de Weert." Historian John Dunmore also supports this idea and further contends that "they appeared under this name on Dutch maps, and their existence was confirmed in 1614 by the expedition of Willem Schouten and Jacob Le Maire."
3. Bougainville and Byron claimed the islands in the name of their respective kings, Louis XV of France and George III of Great Britain.
4. Historian Daniel Gibran posits that Britain's withdrawal was "partly because of new strategic priorities and economic considerations", but "left behind a plaque" asserting the territory as "the sole right and property of His Most Sacred Majesty George the Third". Gibran adds that for the next several years, "Spain, through its vice-royalty in Buenos Aires, was the sole administrator of the Falkland Islands". However, the unsuccessful development of the settlement culminated in Spain's withdrawal amidst fears of invasion during the Napoleonic Wars.
5. According to Argentine legal analyst Roberto Laver, the United Kingdom disregards Jewett's actions because the government he represented "was not recognized either by Britain or any other foreign power at the time" and "no act of occupation followed the ceremony of claiming possession".
6. Vernet's settlement was authorized by both Buenos Aires and Great Britain. In 1829, after asking for help from Buenos Aires, he was instead proclaimed Military and Civil Commander of the islands. Additionally, Vernet asked the British to protect his settlement if they returned.
7. The date of the settlement is variably given as 1826, 1828, and 1829.
8. The log of the Lexington reports only the destruction of arms and a powder store, but Vernet made a claim for compensation from the US Government stating that the settlement was destroyed. (Compensation was rejected by the US Government of President Cleveland in 1885.)
9. Roberto Laver argues this is likely the result of government policies which successfully reduced the number of non-British populations that at one point also inhabited the archipelago. Laver claims that "naturalization ordinances" in the first decades of the British colony "show a wide variety of settlers from places in Europe, Northern, and Central America, and a couple from Argentina".
10. In the 2013 Falkland Islands sovereignty referendum, "18 Argentines on the electoral register".
11. Also, 91 Falklands residents were overseas at the time of the 2012 census.

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Further reading

• Darwin, Charles (1846). On the Geology of the Falkland Islands (PDF). Vol. 2. pp. 267–274. doi:10.1144/GSL.JGS.1846.002.01-02.46. Retrieved 9 March 2013   {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)CS1 maint: postscript (link)
• L.L. Ivanov et al. The Future of the Falkland Islands and Its People. Sofia: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2003. Printed in Bulgaria by Double T Publishers. 96 pp. ISBN 954-91503-1-3.
• Template:Es icon Carlos Escudé and Andrés Cisneros, eds. Historia de las Relaciones Exteriores Argentinas. Work developed and published under the auspices of the Argentine Council for International Relations (CARI). Buenos Aires: GEL/Nuevohacer, 2000. ISBN 950-694-546-2.
• Pascoe, Graham; Pepper, Peter (May 2008). "False Falklands History at the United Nations - How Argentina misled the UN in 1964 – and still does" (PDF). Falklands History. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
• Thoughts on the Late Transactions Respecting Falkland's Islands by Samuel Johnson, 1771.
• Greig, D.W. Sovereignty and the Falkland Islands Crisis. Australian Year Book of International Law. Vol. 8 (1983). pp. 20–70. ISSN: 0084-7658.
• César Caviedes. Conflict Over The Falkland Islands: A Never-Ending Story? Latin American Research Review. Vol. 29 (1994) No. 2. pp. 172–187.

External links

• Wikimedia Atlas of Falkland Islands
• Falkland Islands travel guide from Wikivoyage
• "Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)". The World Factbook (2025 ed.). Central Intelligence Agency.
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• Falkland Islands Government (official site).
• The Falkland Islands Tourist Board
• Falkland Islands Tourism
• Falkland Islands Development Corporation (official site).
• Falkland Islands News Network (official site).
• Falkland Islands Information Portal

• "Historical Dates". The Falkland Islands Government. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
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