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Falkland Islands


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    • lsfk---
  • Variants

    • Malouines
    • Îles Malouines
    • Malouines, Îles
    • Malvinas, Islas
    • Islas Malvinas
    • Malvinas Islands
    • Malwinen
    • Falklandsøyene
    • Folklendskie ostrova
    • Malʹvinskie ostrova
    • Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
    • Colony of the Falkland Islands
    • Falklands
    • Malvinas
    • フォークランド諸島
    • Fōkurandoshotō
    • Fōkurando Shotō
    • フォークランド ショトウ
    • Falklandinseln
    • Malvinen
    • Jungfernland
    • Isles Maidenland
    • Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) and Dependencies
    • Colony of Falkland Islands and Dependencies
    • Falkland Islands and Dependencies
    • Îles Falkland
    • Фолклендские острова
    • Islas Falkland
  • Additional Information

    • Descriptor

        Territory
    • Descriptor

        Overseas territories
    • Descriptor

        Great Britain--Territories and possessions
    • Associated Locale

        Great Britain
    • Associated Locale

        South Atlantic Ocean
    • Associated Locale

        South America
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              • Sources

                • found: Barcia Trelles, C. El problema ... 1943.
                • found: Wassilieff, A. Batailles aux Malouines, c1982:t.p. (Malouines) p. 31 (Iles Malouines)
                • found: Mundo Lo, S. de. The Falkland/Malvinas Islands, 1983 (subj.)t.p. (Malvinas Islands)
                • found: Der Malwinen/Falkland Konflikt im Spiegel der lateinamerikanischen Presse, 1982:t.p. (Malwinen)
                • found: Konflikten om Falklandsøyene og Syd-Georgia, 1982:t.p. (Falklandsøyene)
                • found: Miti︠a︡eva, E. V. Anglo-argentinskiĭ konflikt iz-za Folklendskikh (Malʹvinskikh) ostrovov, 1985.
                • found: National Geographic atlas of the world, 1990:p. 123 (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, formerly part of the Falkland group, are now a separate British dependency)
                • found: GEOnet names server, September 9, 2015(Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) (approved); variants: Falkland Islands; Colony of the Falkland Islands; Islas Malvinas; dependent political entity; 51°45ʹ00ʺS, 059°10ʹ00ʺW (-51.75, -59.166667); also lists Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) (approved), variants: Falklands; Iles Malouines; Islas Malvinas, islands, 51°45ʹ00ʺS, 059°00ʹ00ʺW (-51.75, -59))
                • found: The world factbook, via WWW, September 9, 2015(Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas); overseas territory of the UK; also claimed by Argentina; location: Southern South America, islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, about 500 km east of southern Argentina; conventional long form: none; conventional short form: Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas); 51 45 S, 59 00 W)
                • found: Wikipedia, September 9, 2015(The Falkland Islands (Spanish: Islas Malvinas) are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about 300 miles (480 km) east of South America's southern Patagonian coast, at a latitude of about 52°S. The archipelago, with an area of 4,700 square miles (12,000 km2), comprises East Falkland, West Falkland and 776 smaller islands. As a British overseas territory, the Falklands have internal self-governance, and the United Kingdom takes responsibility for their defence and foreign affairs; 51°41ʹS 59°10ʹW)
                • found: Web NDL authorities, May 15, 2018(フォークランド諸島 = Fōkurandoshotō; フォークランド ショトウ = Fōkurandoshoto)
                • found: GND (German National Library authority file), via WWW, May 15, 2018(Falklandinseln; variants: Malvinen; Islas Malvinas; Falkland Islands; Malwinen; Jungfernland; Malouines; Isles Maidenland; Colony of the Falkland Islands; Malvinas; Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) and Dependencies; Colony of Falkland Islands and Dependencies; Falkland Islands and Dependencies) - http://d-nb.info/gnd/4071109-2
                • found: UNESCO thesaurus, via WWW, May 15, 2018(Falkland Islands. Îles Malouines (Falkland) - French; Îles Malouines. Фолклендские острова - Russian = Folklendskie ostrova. Islas Malvinas (Falkland) - Spanish)
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                • 1980-03-10: new
                • 2021-10-11: revised
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